HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Dick Kent, devoted Terrapins alum. And HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO Dick and his beautiful bride, Darlene, on the occasion of their 47th year of marriage! They are a lovely couple. Pillars of the community!
Today, 22 years ago, at 7:00 p.m., at St. Paul’s K Street, in Washington, D.C., I was honored and humbled to enter into holy matrimony with the love of my life, English. Our wedding was presided over by our good friend, Fr. Edwin Barnett, before God, our parents, and some parish friends. It was a glorious day, a life changing event, and the beginning of the happiest days of my life. I probably do not deserve all that I have received as a result of English’s willingness to join with me, but I am grateful. And I am not giving any of it back. I look forward to today, tomorrow, and every day, as we go through life together.
Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D. Fl). has been criminally indicted for stealing federal disaster funds, laundering the funds, and then converting them to her personal use. Oh, my!
Another federal judge–an Obama appointee, no less–has ruled that the President cannot deport illegal aliens from Syria. Of course he can’t; he did not ask the federal judges for permission.
It turns out that the China Joe Justice Department, particularly the Federal Bureau of Investigation, withheld evidence from Congress investigating the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. How has it gotten to the point that this news is not shocking?
Disgraced Democrat Larry Summers has left Harvard, over his Jeffrey Epstein ties. Which Democrat will be next?
Connecticut is addressing the housing affordability clause by enacting a socialist scheme that will raise housing prices, reduce supply, and lower existing home values. Quite the hat trick! The legislation will allow the State government to dictate how many people of every income level can live in a town, and in a neighborhood, period. Local zoning laws will not be a barrier. So if you live in tony Greenwich in a modest $4 million home (in Greenwich, that is modest), you might one day to wake up to the construction of a public multifamily housing project next door. Because it is not fair that poor people have to live in urban areas. They deserved leafy, upscale neighborhoods too, and by golly the government will pay for them to live there.
The Connecticut legislation would also mandate that homeless people be allowed to live on public sidewalks, in parks, and in front of your Greenwich home, and there is nothing that your local town government, or you, can do to stop it. Public safety and health? Not a concern. Get over it.
Governor Kathy Hochul (D. N.Y.) has given $66 million to radical Left wing groups that conduct overt political operations to defund the police, close prisons, abolish ICE, decriminalize prostitution, promote open borders, target minors with transgender ideology, promote anti-Israel extremism, impose crippling climate mandates on new housing — and increase taxation to pay for it all.
Wildfire devastated Los Angeles, California is still not issuing rebuilding permits. Housing is at a critical shortage. And now the Los Angeles City Council wants to tighten its rent control ordinances. Hmmm. How will that help? It will not.
The Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas metro area issues more building permits in a year than does the entire State of California. Think about that for a moment.
Carmel, California has banned pickleball, due to noise concerns. I know some people with whom this would not go over very well. Thankfully for them, they do not live in Carmel.
Well, it has begun. Virginians voted in the Democrats, and now come the consequences. General Assembly Democrats are preparing a scheme whereby you would have to obtain a license from the Commonwealth in order to purchase a gun. This scheme is designed to discourage and prevent gun ownership in Virginia.
Do you need a license–a permission slip–to speak? Publish a newspaper? Attend church services? Own property? Hire a lawyer? No. These are rights for which no permission is required. But when it comes to the right to keep and bear arms, the Democrats demand that government provide permission for you to exercise that right. This Virginia Democrat scheme is not just unconstitutional; it is tyrannical.
Yesterday, Episcopal churches nationwide observed Transgender Day of Remembrance by holding special worship services and prayer vigils to memorialize transgender individuals who’ve been targeted or murdered for being who they are and to raise awareness of violence against trans people. What horse hockey!
There is no such thing as a “trans” person. And those people who sadly believe themselves to be a sex other than what they actually are, are to be helped, cared for, and rehabilitated, not enabled. But the normalization and celebration of sin is a societal norm in 2025. And The Episcopal Church USA loves to normalize and celebrate sin.
“An unexamined life is not worth living.”
–Socrates.
It’s Friday, only 2 more work days until Monday! Enjoy your weekend.
GFK
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