Category: Personal
-
The First Memory of My Father
June 21, 2022 My first memory of my father is on a golf course. We were living in Prairie Village, Kansas. Our house was modest, and our street was full of young children for me to play with especially a cute girl across the street, named, no kidding, Bambi. (She challenged me to kiss her…
-
Senator Feinstein, Is There Anything You Won’t Say or Do?
Deal W. Hudson September 24, 2018 Dear Sen. Dianne Feinstein, I am writing to you to ask a simple question, Is there anything, morally speaking, you just would not do? I ask because what you are doing to Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee is something I could never do, no matter how much I detested…
-
When Catholics Lost Their Cultural Clout — A Lesson for Today
Deal W. Hudson September 21, 2018 Catholics of my generation probably only dimly remember, if at all, the furor provoked among Catholics by films in the 1950s directed by Luis Buñuel, Los Olivados (1950); Roberto Rossellini, The Miracle (1951); Otto Preminger, The Moon is Blue (1953); Elia Kazan, Baby Doll (1956); Roger Vadim, And God…
-
Deal W. Hudson on Mother Angelica Live in 1995
In 1995, after taking over Crisis Magazine, the late Mother Angelica kindly asked me on her program. She was so easy to talk with, most of the time! She must have been a saint to accomplish all she did, with the opposition of most of the institutional Church. She laughed and prayed herself and EWTN…
-
The 5 Best YouTube Videos for Christmas
Deal W. Hudson December 11, 2017 YouTube has become a treasure trove of musical delights, which I enjoy exploring especially at the season of Christmas. I offer the five best videos of live performances of Christmas music that I have found thus far. Live performances add a much-needed visual element to the performances of familiar…
-
Returning to Hickory Golf Out of Love for the Game
Deal W. Hudson April 27, 2017 A film about the lives of Old Tom Morris and his son, Young Tom, opened recently in selected theaters nationwide. “Tommy’s Honour” is directed by Jason Connery, son of Sean Connery, who is easily the most avid golfer among the world’s celebrities. The cast included Peter Mullen as Old Tom, Jack…
Deal W. Hudson 