by Philip Farruggio | Jul 19, 2021 | Blog
Now I don’t recall what rank Gov. Ron DeSantis had in the Navy, while over in Iraq or Afghanistan, fighting the ‘ Good Fight’. After all, those countries have water … oh, maybe I mean drinking water or sewage water. I will just call him ‘...
by Philip Farruggio | Jul 13, 2021 | Blog
A must read for all who wish to study our Civil War history is Barnet Schecter’s 2005 book The Devil’s Own Work. He carefully covers the 1863 NYC Draft Riots, the major and important Civil War battles, and finally, the Reconstruction years leading up to...
by Philip Farruggio | Jul 8, 2021 | Blog
Everyone should view Wagner DeAssis’s 2011 Portuguese film Astral City… especially those of us who dissent against injustice. Isn’t that a contradiction, some would ask? Perhaps, if dissent is meant to be the sole possession of atheists, agnostics...
by Philip Farruggio | Jul 6, 2021 | Blog
Kudos to Bob Dylan for his great 60s song ‘ It’s All Over Now Baby Blue ‘ . HIs lyrics, as usual, can fit into any social and political commentary: You must leave, now take what you need You think will last But whatever you wish to keep You better...
by Philip Farruggio | Jul 6, 2021 | Blog
Well, as a baby boomer who has seen lots of instances of the empire using MY flag as their own private property, this newest one ‘ takes the cake’. I mean, my generation went through the whole ‘ America, love it or leave it’ rhetoric during the...
by Philip Farruggio | Jul 1, 2021 | Blog
The husband always loved cats, especially kittens. He remembered being five years old and seeing his neighbor next door having this basket laid out on the pavement. It was filled with a momma cat and her five baby kittens. He petted the momma and then proceeded to...
