Eulogy for Luke

[On August 3, my youngest son Luke died from an accidental drug overdose at the age of 27. This is the eulogy I wrote for him, which was read at his funeral by his uncle, my brother Ray.] First of all, we would like to thank Fr. Fitzgerald, Bishop Whalen, Bishop Byrne, and Bishop Bonnici,

The Government is Following Ideology not Science

During the COVID epidemic, we were all being importuned to “follow the science”. Studies were conducted on the effectiveness of various kinds of mask. New medicines and vaccines were being subjected to stringent clinical trials and scrutiny by the FDA and CDC. After the treatments were approved, there was extensive follow-up and evaluation of side