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Frannie Fitzpatrick – A Man of Honor and Lov

My good friend Fran Fitzpatrick has set off on a distant journey with the stars. Frannie was my family’s auto repair specialist. He knocked out dents and worst on our VW Beetles. I attended Boston College from 1970 to 1974. His brother Robert taught THE MYSTERIES OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST and at a family gathering […]

A Les Etoiles Fidel Castro

The son of a wealthy landowner, Fidel Castro betrayed Cuba’s ruling class to overthrow President Bastista and on January 1, 1959 the MR-26-7 entered Havana to oust the last vestiges of a corrupt regime allied the the USA. Angered by the expulsion of United Fruits, ITT, and various American interests Washington placed an embargo on […]