by Mark Beckwith | Sep 7, 2026 | Uncategorized
I couldn’t stop saying thank you.To the ER staff, the OR people, the post op crew. To the nurses and doctors, aides and food delivery people. To my family, my friends, my partner Jamie. I couldn’t thank them enough. I came to the Emergency Room at Cape Cod Hospital at...
by Mark Beckwith | Aug 18, 2026 | Uncategorized
One year after becoming Pope in 1978, John Paul II came to America for a six day visit. He was received with wild enthusiasm everywhere he went, not just by Roman Catholics but by nearly everyone else. He was young (59 years old),a playwright and mountain climber, the...
by Mark Beckwith | Aug 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
Our nation is facing profound risks in this election cycle.These risks include eroding trust in the voting process and large-scale disinformation campaigns. Not so hidden threats of political violence are being sent out by both the left and the right. The core of...
by Mark Beckwith | Aug 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
Our nation is facing profound risks in this election cycle. These risks include eroding trust in the voting process and large-scale disinformation campaigns. Not so hidden threats of political violence are being sent out by both the left and the right. The core of...
by Mark Beckwith | Aug 4, 2026 | Uncategorized
Beneath the cruelty and corruption, behind the vengeance against and vilification of perceived enemies, underlying the lies and illegality of the Trump Administration is the incompetence. Extraordinary incompetence. It is often overlooked, given the litany of...
by Mark Beckwith | Jul 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
Immediately after college I went to live in Japan for two years. I taught English in a number of places, among them a girl’s high school. There was an official formality about the place, which manifested whenever I stepped in a classroom: the students stood up. And...
