by Michael Carlon | Jan 11, 2010 | Editorials, Self Awareness
Growing up as a Catholic boy in Stamford, I went through a rite of passage that my older brother and countless others experienced before me; I became an altar server. While there were those boys whose parents “strongly encouraged” them to serve their parish in this...
by Michael Carlon | Nov 19, 2009 | Editorials
President Obama, Hillary Clinton, and the majority leaders in both houses of Congress are not the first group of people to realize that the health care system in the United States is in need of reform. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has been preaching on this...
by Michael Carlon | Nov 8, 2009 | Editorials
Originally printed in the Nov 12 Edition of The Stamford AdvocateLike many readers of the Stamford Advocate, I have been following the back and forth on ability grouping in our City’s public school. Both sides use their own biases to select data to support their...
by Michael Carlon | Jul 6, 2009 | Editorials, Faith and Pop Culture
I wanted to share with you a memory of my father that was published in The Stamford Advocate in June of 2008.My father has had a wonderful impact on my life and it motivated to write this piece.______________What do an old pair of Nike sneakers, Paul Simon, The...
by Michael Carlon | Jun 30, 2009 | Editorials, Faith and Pop Culture, Self Awareness
This was published in today’s edition of the Stamford Advocate (www.stamfordadvocate.com) in the “Letter’s from Readers” section. I figured it was a good way to start off this blog. What do you think? Was that last line too...
