When Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly was appointed chief of staff by our current president, the swooning was almost universal. Both Democrats and Republicans agreed that if anyone could bring order to the Trump White House, Kelly could. This was partly based on Kelly’s no-nonsense reputation and partly on many Americans’ knee-jerk reaction to men ...
Exactly eight years ago, I was riding in a pickup on the road through the Croix des Bouquets section of Port au Prince, Haiti, at 4:53 p.m. — the moment the catastrophic earthquake of Jan. 12, 2010, began shaking the earth. Over the next days and weeks I witnessed first-hand suffering and pain on an ...
The Quixotic Deacon is back, flattering himself with the thought that some of you might have missed me since my last blog. Reality compels me to acknowledge, though, that you may not have missed me at all during my holiday hiatus. Still others may wish I would extend it. At one point during my ...
