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I am a dog. A real one, canus lupus familiaris, four paws, tail, the whole package. I’ve been part of my human family for about four of...

Anno Insaniam

Audio: https://soundcloud.com/daniel-fitzpatrick-817205870/anno-insanium Well, 2020, you have been quite a crazy year. And you are not...

A Thanksgiving Reflection

OK, everyone. Take a deep breath. Exhale slowly. Repeat as necessary. You likely have heard the phrase “May you live in interesting...

Coming Into Focus

For a long time now, I have watched with consternation and confusion as just about every pillar of the foundation of my belief in the...

Stay Grounded and Hopeful

So far, 2020 has been very difficult. I know that that statement is a real BSO (blinding statement of the obvious), but I thought, given...

Can You Hear Me Now?

I am about to be very non-PC (politically correct) in terms of highlighting a difference between men and women, and I am going to rely on...

The Choice Before Us

Ladies and gentlemen, let’s not kid ourselves: the November 3rd election will be the most consequential election in the history of our...

What the H is Going On?

Does anyone else get the feeling that we are all living on Htrae (Earth spelled backwards), the comic book “Bizarro World” where...

Lock 'Em Up!

The following is an editorial submitted for the July 17, 2020 issue of The Greenwich Sentinel. There have been a few bright spots in this...

Being Corona-considerate

The following was published as an editorial in the July 10 issue of The Greenwich Sentinel. This week witnessed two incredibly welcome...

No Time

There is a lot to write about these days: the COVI-19 pandemic; a hyper-partisan and contentious Congress; activist courts; a capricious...

Father's Day -- An Editorial

The following is an editorial I wrote for this week's issue of our local newspaper, The Greenwich Sentinel, on whose editorial board I...

Anger Harms the Angered

My mother used to say, “There’s no grudge like an Irish grudge.” As my family is pretty much 100% Irish, I grew up observing that adage...

Addressing an Uncomfortable Inevitability

(First published in The Greenwich Sentinel on March 27, 2020) Ben Franklin famously said, “in this world nothing can be said to be...

Clear and Present Danger

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we are facing an existential threat to the future of our representative democracy. But contrary to the media...

In Thanksgiving

‘Tis the season once again to celebrate and be grateful for our many blessings, from family and friends to the historic freedoms we...

In Debt to a Traitor

July 4, 2019 Our celebration this week of the birth of our nation will include public readings of the Declaration of Independence,...

Focus and Trust

Trust renders real the inconceivable. Most of us will at times (possibly multiple times) find ourselves in situations of great anxiety...

One Trustee's Dilemma, Part 2

In March of this year I wrote an article entitled “One Trustee’s Dilemma Solved.” It told the story of a hedge fund manager, Rod Paulson,...

One Trustee's Dilemma Solved

(Originally published on LinkedIn on March 6, 2019) Northway Wealth Advisors (www.northwaywealth.com) is an independent provider of...

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