A Farruggio Original: Johnny and Me
It was a hot, sunny Saturday afternoon in late May, 1970. I always went to the 5 PM Mass at St Edmunds Catholic Church to avoid the regular crowds. Once there I stood in my usual place, which was back by the exit door. This day there was this other guy standing right...
KRISTI NO KNOW!
We have someone running what they call ' Homeland Security' ( or should we say ' Fatherland Security'?) who actually looks and acts like her counterparts from Germany circa 1940. This former Governor of South Dakota, with a population about the same as my...
To Be a (REAL) Jew
In 1988 I was travelling from NYC to Arizona by plane one night. It was a long 5 hour flight, and we were on a jumbo jet. I was standing alongside this man, early 40s perhaps, who said he was an Israeli engineer. During our conversation, I asked about his feelings on...
I’ll Cry Instead
I've got a chip on my shoulder that's bigger than my feet I can't talk to people that I meet If I could see you now I'd try to make you sad somehow But I can't, so I'll cry instead Kudos to the Beatles for this passage from their 1964 song I'll Cry Instead. Obviously...
A Farruggio Original: Mom Never Had a Chance
She was the oldest of three girls born right before WW1. A very smart kid, she excelled in grade school right through high school. Great with numbers, she was a natural to become an accountant. No way. Her father needed her to get to work and earn money to help the...
Fascist Copycats!
Now, most students of the early years of Nazi run Germany can see the truth of it all. Meaning how the far right wing of American political life took ideas from that horrific playbook. Reagan and co. decided to use blacks and browns living in our ghettos as the...
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