R.I.P. Francis, Mo, Jesse, and Pearl April 21, 2025 Too many people are dying. Pope Francis was the best pope ever, embodying what this atheist’s reading of the New Testament takes to be the true teachings of Christ — teachings we all should aspire to live by. What a contrast with his last official visitor . . . (“Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, attacked the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in January for assisting immigrants, saying their concerns about the Trump administration were due to the fear of losing federal funding.”) . . . or with our Two Corinthians President, a stable genius who throws rolls of paper towels to the needy, whose Easter message read: Happy Easter to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting and scheming so hard to bring Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, the Mentally Insane, and well known MS-13 Gang Members and Wife Beaters, back into our Country. Happy Easter also to the WEAK and INEFFECTIVE Judges and Law Enforcement Officials who are allowing this sinister attack on our Nation to continue, an attack so violent that it will never be forgotten! Sleepy Joe Biden purposefully allowed Millions of CRIMINALS to enter our Country, totally unvetted and unchecked, through an Open Borders Policy that will go down in history as the single most calamitous act ever perpetrated upon America. He was, by far, our WORST and most Incompetent President, a man who had absolutely no idea what he was doing — But to him, and to the person that ran and manipulated the Auto Pen (perhaps our REAL President!), and to all of the people who CHEATED in the 2020 Presidential Election in order to get this highly destructive Moron Elected, I wish you, with great love, sincerity, and a very happy Easter!!! Needless to say, I never met the Pope. But my brother-in-law-had-marriage-been-legal the priest met His Holiness on multiple occasions, so I’m delighted to think that I came within just one degree of separation from this wonderful man. Two other wonderful men we lost this month, days apart, were my college classmates: Stephen “Mo” Hanan was a tremendously talented actor/singer/everything. One of the privileges of charging no subscription fee for these posts is that I get to do self-indulgent things like telling you, who never knew him, that he will be missed. “Attention must be paid,” as it were . . . though Mo was far more “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” than “Death of a Salesman.” (“Stephen Mo Hanan sparkles as Pseudolous, the freedom-craving slave. His comic timing is impeccable,” raved the Fort Myers paper, “and he literally throws himself into the role, rolling about on the stage. His rubber face expresses delight, shock, dismay, lust, fear and all other shades of emotion in-between.”) Jesse Kornbluth was a spectacular friend whose passing made the New York Times: Jesse Kornbluth, Magazine Writer Who Covered Everything, Dies at 79. Kudos to Penelope Green, who never knew Jesse, for bringing him to life beautifully. And then — if you enjoy great writing — there’s the obit Jesse wrote for his mother Pearl. I never knew Pearl, but now I do. Rest in peace, one and all. Every day is a gift.