Dear Julia: I’m writing you this note on March 7, 2018. Today is the day that you turn 15 years old. It’s an interesting day for me and Mom, but it’s another day for you. You’re not like other kids, my sweet. You’ve never made a big deal of your birthday; you’ve never asked us […]
By: Jeff Katz – May, 2017 In 1962, President John F. Kennedy designated May 15th as Peace Officers’ Memorial Day. President Kennedy further designated the week in which that date falls as Police Week. In the fifty five years since President Kennedy issued his proclamations, we have lost thousands of law enforcement officers. Some of […]
By: Jeff Katz – April, 2019 Every so often you run into someone who just does not get it. You know the type, the guy who keeps telling you how best to lose weight even though he’s lugging around an extra hundred pounds. Or the person with no children who wants to lecture you on […]
By: Jeff Katz – Feb. 2017 As a kid growing up in Philadelphia, I was only vaguely aware of these creatures called Republicans. They were all rich country clubbing WASPS who would never have a clue how to get to my neighborhood. These Republican folks we heard tale of were completely removed from any connection […]
By: Jeff Katz – January, 2017 I recently was flying from Boston to Richmond, Virginia. My early morning travel started on the wrong foot when I realized that I had left my phone in the car and The Bride had driven off with it. My fault entirely to be sure, but I was frantic trying […]
By: Jeff Katz – Nov. 2016 For well over a year, we’ve been told that America would make history on November 8, 2016. We’d be going to the polls and it was clear we would be electing the first woman as President of the United States. Over and over we heard that it was her […]
By: Jeff Katz – Sept. 2016 While Hillary Clinton continues on her lifelong quest to become President of the United States, the rest of us are left to ponder just how she’d do in that position. To get a good idea of her potential presidential prowess, I’m suggesting that we look at her past performance […]
By: Jeff Katz – August, 2016 A long time ago … in a galaxy far, far away, I was a police officer for a few moments. I was proud to wear the uniform but I was well aware that I had no super powers at all. No cape that helped me fly, just a badge […]
By: Jeff Katz – July, 2016 The first time I voted in a Presidential election, I was able to vote with a completely clear conscience and with a degree of pride. I was young, but I was sure that my vote would count and that my choice would continue to work hard to strengthen America. […]
By: Jeff Katz – June, 2016 I was asked recently why I hate animals and I must confess I was stunned. I could not understand how anyone could even imagine that I hated animals. I am a passionate supporter of conservation programs to help safeguard wildlife. I am both a dog and a cat person […]
By: Jeff Katz – May, 2016 Hollywood types have seemingly never been big fans of Ronald Reagan. They did not like the fact that he had been one of them before he stopped reading lines and instead set out to make history. There’s a certain antipathy towards the man who once headed up the actors’ […]
By: Jeff Katz – April, 2016 I’m proud to say that Charlie Baker is my governor and my neighbor. I served with him as fellow elected members of Swampscott Town Meeting and on the Swampscott Republican Town Committee. I don’t think I’ve ever met an elected official so focused on true public service. An exceptional […]
By: Jeff Katz: March, 2016 I was just putting the finishing touches on my column about the current electoral scene. A helping of Super Tuesday, dash of Trump, sprinkle of Clinton and I was ready to roll, when I heard a news report advising that my sister had been killed. The funny thing was, I had […]
By: Jeff Katz – Feb. 2016 Over the past few weeks we’ve seen reports of millions of so called migrants traveling through Europe. Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed hundreds of thousands of these “refugees” and proclaimed that her nation would do everything necessary to help them assimilate. The problem now on clear display is that […]
By: Jeff Katz – Jan. 2016 Bill Cosby, once seen as the elder statesman of American family friendly comedy now stands charged with a felony count of aggravated indecent assault and is only free to walk around because he was able to post one million dollars in bail. Most of America now looks at The […]