By: Jeff Katz: October, 2014 On the heels of the most major security breach to ever take place at The White House we see the first ever case of Ebola in the United States of America. Is there a connection? You bet your rear end there is! Regardless of your personal political inclinations you must […]
One of the must watch TV shows when I was growing up was “Happy Days.” I still remember the oldest brother Chuck Cunningham simply vanishing without a trace after the first season or so. I can still sing the theme song. I remember how and why the phrase “jump the shark” originated and I still […]
By: Jeff Katz – August, 2014 As I sit down to write this month’s column for The Valley Patriot, I’ve just enjoyed a wonderful day. Early this morning I wished my oldest son Harry a happy birthday. Today he turned thirteen and I officially became the father of a teenager. In classic over achiever style […]
By: Jeff Katz – July, 2014 When you look for the definition of a nation, you immediately will see that there is mention of a specified piece of territory with clearly defined borders. From there, the accepted definition branches out in to the areas of common language and shared values but at the very core, […]
By: Jeff Katz – June, 2014 Memorial Day always reminds me of my favorite veteran, my Dad. While my Dad was long past his active duty days by the time that I came along, he often shared with me the lessons he gained as a result of his Army service. He spoke of honor, integrity, […]
By: Jeff Katz – May, 2014 Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali native, was born in to a devout Muslim family. She was raised in the religion and has maintained that she suffered because of that. She was subjected to genital mutilation, repeated beatings and an arranged marriage. She finally renounced her faith when she was […]
By: Jeff Katz – April, 2014 According to a recent poll, more than seventy percent of us believe that that DCF is broken. I’m assuming that the other thirty percent work for DCF. Politicians routinely hoot and holler that something is “for the children.” They usually invoke that phrase when there is a piece of […]
By: Jeff Katz – March, 2014 As a kid growing up in Philadelphia I used to write letters to celebrities and community leaders. I know some other kids were collecting baseball cards but this letter writing was my thing…what can I say, I was that kid. I received all sorts of autographed photos but the […]
By: Jeff Katz January, 2014 The other day, while lounging on a Sunday morning my wife turned on The Today Show which seemed more like an episode of “As Chris Christie Turns”. The latest development in the political version of Jersey Boys indicated that a politician was playing political games in awarding development money. Oh […]
By: Jeff Katz – January, 2014 I may be a Jewish guy but I notched a few credits at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, so I am familiar with the Jesuits’ worldwide focus on helping the disabled. I’m only an Eagle by marriage, but I’ve got to weigh in on something happening at the Jesuit […]
By: Jeff Katz – December, 2013 It is that time of the year when Christmas is in the news. For many of my friends it is an extremely important time of the year. For truly faithful Christians, this is all about the birth of their Messiah and the tremendous hope and joy this brings to […]
By: Jeff Katz – November, 2013 Do you remember back in the olden days when dinosaurs roamed the earth and we had to walk up hill to school…both ways? You know the age when we rode bikes with no helmets and swam without goggles. There was a time when American kids were fairly sturdy creatures capable […]
By: Jeff Katz – October, 2013 It should be a great time to be a Boston police officer according to all of the spin that I’m reading about the more than 25% pay hike which is supposedly going to come their way. I’ve heard the nasty whispers about “those greedy cops” and the ugly […]
By: Jeff Katz – July, 2013 If you felt a little extra tug on your wallet recently that’s because our Beacon Hill payroll patriots decided that you just were not doing your part. It seems that you were not paying your fair share, so the profiles in courage who sit in our General Court decreed […]