Failing Up

To begin with I must say, I do not believe the elections in the United States are rigged at all. How can a political party complain when they won the House, the Senate, the White House and Supreme Court, drop the mic. That is not what I am talking about here anyway. I just love to vote. I love the entire day, the experience of going to the local polling location the feel of community. There are spaghetti dinners, bake sales, just an energy throughout the day.&nbs...

When I was a young boy I listened to top 40 radio for hours. There was something comforting in listening to the local DJ spin records, have call in games and take requests, they were there all night, in the morning, on the school bus and in the car. With most of broadcast/cable television having screaming mannequins spew noise and make lots of money doing so, I find comfort in my old friend. I can still change stations, get just the news and not screaming, have friend in the car o...

When a little boy I use to love to watch the television program Let's Make a Deal with my grandfather. It was fun to see the contestants struggle to get the best deal. When I was at Cornell University one of my responsibilities was to co-manage the Cornell Baker Program in Real Estate Advisory Board. This Board was made up some of the most influential and successful individuals in the industry. They were smart, slick, talented and transactional. While a student a...

The first American to be Pope; Pope Leo the XIV finds himself under attack from the current administration for praying for peace, and calling for leaders to stop the violence and find a diplomatic solution to end war. These are not the words of a weak person, in contrast these are the words of a very strong person, there is no weakness in faith. He stated that Jesus does not recognize prayers for war and destruction. That makes sense to me, especially after the threat from our Pre...

After just watching the Artemis II go around the darkside of the moon and viewing the crescent earth, I was in awe and how small our planet is in a vast universe. As they sent back a photo of the full earth in the darkness of space, just like the one taken in 1972, I was struck by beauty of earth. This fragile planet that we al share and have found ways to destroy eachother and it. John Lennon had it right: "Imagine there's no countries, It isn't hard to do, nothing to kill...

It's that time for those twice a year Catholics to show up. The ones that go to church on Christmas and Easter only, and consider their bases covered. Now, I do not go to church every Sunday, but just like when you are on a good laxative, I am a regular and not all the time. These folks however, show up twice a year like it's some fringe concert. They take up the parking spaces and hog the pews. I think the collections should be double on these holidays, an...

It would be so refreshing if a politician, member of congress, a cabinet member, even pundits would answer a question directly. Even if I did not agree with your answer I would respect taking the spin off the ball. The tactics of screaming, story telling, infomercials, deflections, have me spinning like I am on the Tilt-A-Whirl and about to lose my cookies!! timothymahar.org

We live in an age of video wars that we can watch in the safety of our homes detached from the sacrifice, courage and death that occurs. We look to win, but of course war is not a game. It is fought by those military that have more courage than I will ever be made to understand, and started by those who watch. I think back to when I worked for the Syracuse Newspapers and was doing an internship with the Newsline. I was sent to do a story on the D-day invasion. On...