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The Patchwork

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

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Tradition: The Firewall Against Change.

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

The following is an excellent essay on how the regular observance of Christmas, as one important means, provides a protective island from the rising tide of change that will completely submerge tradition if not for the observance thereof. Belloc on … Continue reading →

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Why Advent?

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

Advent is a season observed in many Western Christian churches. It is the beginning of the liturgical year in the Catholic Church, as well. It is a time of both anticipation and preparation for the celebration of the Birth of … Continue reading →

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What Dreams May Come

Posted on November 20, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

Hamlet: “To die, to sleep–No more–and by a sleep to say we end the heartache, and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to. ‘Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep–To sleep–perchance to dream: ay, … Continue reading →

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We are born to Justice and Due Process

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

In 2010, research was carried out by a team led by Paul Bloom, professor of psychology at the Infant Cognition Center at Yale University in Connecticut in the US, and used the ability to differentiate between unhelpful and helpful behavior … Continue reading →

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The Impeachment Clause, Fairness and Hamilton’s Warning

Posted on October 22, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

I spent a portion of 22 years of my professional life as an athletics coach. As a coach I had to become proficient in not only the skills, tactics and strategies of  a particular game but the rules that govern … Continue reading →

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View Of Things From The Common Man

Posted on October 7, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

Impeachment is defined as the action of calling into question the integrity or validity of something. The impeachment effort that is in our current events of 2019, or actually since the Inauguration of President Trump because 64 Democrat Congressmen and … Continue reading →

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Relentless Pursuer of the Restless Heart

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

“for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” – Matthew 6:21 Why is our conversation so conflict laden? Why do we accuse one another rather than listen with a rational open  mind? All compromise and reason is … Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong with the World?

Posted on August 28, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

When a Newspaper once asked the question: “What’s wrong with the world?” G.K. Chesterton, the great Catholic thinker replied: “I am.” We too are responsible, when we take no action which would make life a bit better for another given … Continue reading →

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Paine vs Alinsky: Two Faces of Revolution

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey. After General George Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River north of … Continue reading →

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