Sunday, August 28 -- Home at Last
The sun is shining. There's a breeze in the air. The closest person: two feet away. Personal space. Pollution-free air. I hear the shouts of people playing baseball in the field nearby. It's good to be...
View ArticleSpeaking in the Diocese
Considering I have a secondary personality and tend to be rather overly-pensive and indecisive, it has taken me until now to reach the conclusion that I should write a blog about my experience as a...
View ArticleMystery in Newport
Have you ever seen something or someone extremely out of place? A homeless person walking in on a wedding? A horse in a playground? A man in a black suit at a pool party? It’s a strange feeling when it...
View ArticleThe Christmas—Room
There’s no need to read a psychology book to realize that men and women are different—often very different, especially how they think. Our daily social encounters confirm it. On New Year’s Day, we (the...
View ArticleLooking back at commercial Christmas
Take a walk through Walmart. Remember the Black Friday sales? Look at Santa Claus posing with little children in the mall. Everywhere, Christmas seems to be centered on buying and selling. The...
View ArticleVote for______!
“Vote for Pedro!” Sound familiar? For farther advanced generations it was the slogan to a worthless movie of a younger generation. To that younger generation, which happens to be mine, it was simply--...
View ArticleOur little dreams and God’s big plans
Senior year. It seems to be the time when little dreams start to surface into reality. It’s when the toddler’s plastic stethoscope and white medical coat is replaced with hours of community service to...
View ArticleThe Plague of Senioritis
In these past two weeks I have noticed a strange similarity amongst several of my peers: late homework assignments, lower grades, unfocused study halls, and even messier lockers. It’s all summed up in...
View ArticleThe New Norm
The following is an excerpt from Margaret Antonio's recent speech in the Rhode Island Right to Life Oratory Contest. Earlier this year, I went to the doctor’s office for my yearly physical. I was...
View ArticleA precandidate’s experience
Margaret Antonio, senior portrait The other day, my dad rented a movie, Waiting for Superman, not knowing it was a documentary on America’s deplorable and nearly hopeless public school system. As it...
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