Author Archives: Patrick

Thanks Giving is perhaps my most favorite Holiday.  Unlike Christmas which has moved to the very commercial and in many ways moved on, at least in the United States, from celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, Thanks Giving remains very true to its origins. Like July 4th, Thanks Giving is an uniquely American Holiday.  This […]

Hugh Hewitt just read Jeannie Haskamp’s story over at Huffington Post honoring A Sailor’s Dying Wish | Jennie Haskamp.  This is one of the mot moving stories I have read.  Understand this treatment by the Navy is not exceptional, this is how the Military treats people especially vets.  With Honor, and with Courage and with Commitment. […]

Hugh Hewitt just read Jeannie Haskamp’s story over at Huffington Post honoring A Sailor’s Dying Wish | Jennie Haskamp.  This is one of the mot moving stories I have read.  Understand this treatment by the Navy is not exceptional, this is how the Military treats people especially vets.  With Honor, and with Courage and with Commitment. […]

Hugh Hewitt just read Jeannie Haskamp’s story over at Huffington Post honoring A Sailor’s Dying Wish | Jennie Haskamp.  This is one of the mot moving stories I have read.  Understand this treatment by the Navy is not exceptional, this is how the Military treats people especially vets.  With Honor, and with Courage and with Commitment. […]

This one was refferred to me via my wife.  From Science Based Medicine Faith Healing: Religious Freedom vs. Child Protection « Science-Based Medicine: This is one of the most disturbing and sad cases of what can go on in communities that put their faith in well faith and not reason. “It has been argued that most […]

Part of why my faith has floundered is no doubt from a lack of Christian Fellowship.  As a non Catholic, I have come to see the Sunday service as a place to go and worship with others but this has been a weakening interest over time.  Then came the fact that I just didn’t get […]

Part of why my faith has floundered is no doubt from a lack of Christian Fellowship.  As a non Catholic, I have come to see the Sunday service as a place to go and worship with others but this has been a weakening interest over time.  Then came the fact that I just didn’t get […]

Last week I briefly covered a relatively poor comment by Dr. Savage (PHD not MD).  My wife had pointed out that I missed some important aspects such as the herd aspect of immunizations.  To this end my lovely wife sent me the following story from Julia Ioffee at the New Republic.   Jenny McCarthy, Anti-Vaccination Movement to Blame for […]

A few years ago my Battalion Commander had assigned as reading for the Staff Duty Officer the Article “The Six Letter Word that Changes Everything” by Tom Junod published by Esquire Magazine.  The article would not print properly when I tried from the page so I copy and pasted the entire article into a word […]

A few years ago my Battalion Commander had assigned as reading for the Staff Duty Officer the Article “The Six Letter Word that Changes Everything” by Tom Junod published by Esquire Magazine.  The article would not print properly when I tried from the page so I copy and pasted the entire article into a word […]