Many of the folks in my audiences remember my father, John J. Kelly. They just don’t remember him as I do, for they only had him as high school principal. I tell them I had no dates in high school, since no young man wanted to come to my home. None was that brave. […]
“Welcome to Hell” was the sign he saw prominently posted at the gate at Parris Island, North Carolina. Its message wasn’t over-the-top bluster. Instead, it was the not-so-nice entry point telling Michael A. Montigny his life was about to seriously change. He was at this camp to learn skills that would enable him to survive […]
Jack W. Clark: When Luck Presented, He Ran With It… He looks every bit like his alter-ego—that charming, perennially-young “American Bandstand” icon, Dick Clark. In reality, Jack Wade Clark is a case study for why folks should never make assumptions about others. In his youth, he was seen, by other classmates, as privileged. After all, […]
This West Warwick native, son of William and Jeannine (Cayouette) Gallucci, contemplates where he and his wife, Carol, might live in the future, when they retire. Like many others, they consider southern realms (Florida), possibly renting for a while, before buying. If anything, Gary carefully studies situations, before he acts. After all, he didn’t […]
Patricia Serpa: ‘I Know a Guy’ Gets New Meaning We’ve all heard the phrase above and we usually associate it with someone in the Mafia or the Underworld, someone who’s busily at work in nefarious activity, someone who skirts legitimate channels. That’s not how Representative Patricia Serpa, District 27, understands the phrase. She says she […]