JJ Letters to the Editor

Tuesday, February 13, 2001 I can still hear the cries of horror and anguish from the ACLUnatics who fear President Bush has violated the alleged “separation of church and state” invisible line with his proposal to give some funding to charitable organizations that are basically concerned with providing services to those who need it most…

November 23, 1998 When my wife learned a neighborhood girlfriend didn’t relish spending all day in a hot kitchen, they “pooled their resources” and invited the neighbors, too. The guest list grew to include several other couples and brothers-in-law who not only gathered around the TV to watch football, but they made sure they had…

July 27, 1998 Helen Weals’ July 14 letter "St. Paul Is No Marriage Expert” reminds me of my college days at Duquesne University many years ago. A philosophy minor, I had to take a course called "The Nature of Marriage,” which just happened to be taught by a Father Koren, a goateed member of the…

February 28, 1998 An Olympic gold medal for headline of the year goes to your headline writer who created your Feb. 21 Saturday headline of Tara! Tara! Tara! to celebrate Tara Lipinski’s triumph at the Olympics in Nagano. I laughed, I cried, I marveled at the creativity behind your wordsmiths who seldom fail to give…

Note: The following is transcription of a conversation I had with my father, Jack O’Neil, on the back porch of his apartment in Sewickley, PA, on Tuesday Morning, August 10, 2004. EARLY YEARS I was born on December 26, 1926 above a tailor shop on the corner Idewild & Lang Avenues in the Homewood section…