by admin | Aug 15, 2016 | Books, History
My readership on this blog, which may well be numbered in the scores, is probably waiting with bated breath for the finale of my memoir of the decline of the military at Xavier High School. One of the reasons for the delay is that I keep hoping for more input from my...
by admin | Jul 5, 2016 | Books, History
It is hard to believe that I could catch an otherwise unremarked anachronism in a novel by a major novelist that was published by Alfred Knopf. Well maybe it’s just me, but we’ll see what you think. The novel is Everybody’s Fool by Richard Russo....
by admin | Jul 2, 2016 | History
I have to admit that I am a bit pleased with myself for having pulled off a fiftieth reunion for my grammar school class – St. John the Baptist of Fairview NJ Class of 1966 Those eight people in civilian clothes represent 20% of the original class of 40, which...
by admin | May 30, 2016 | History
I left off this account of the decline of the military at Xavier High School in the Fall of 1968, as we started our Junior Year. Those of us who got good grades and stayed out of trouble were already cadet corporals and thanks to a wave of rank inflation that...
by admin | May 18, 2016 | History
Just over a week ago, I found myself watching a live stream of the funeral mass of Father Daniel Berrigan. My reaction was probably a little different from most. I laughed along with the physical audience when the homilist joked about there probably being FBI agents...
by admin | May 3, 2016 | History
My account of Xavier High School’s last years as a “thoroughly military academy” to quote one of Xavier’s most famous if not most beloved sons – Antonin Scalia Class of 1953 – might appear to have stalled, but I’ve been...
