Author Archives: Bill Halamandaris

I have spent a lifetime looking for heroes. When I was young, they came larger than life.  They were people – loosely defined – with super powers, overdeveloped senses and abilities, or mythological figures often of divine descent, endowed with … Continue reading →

A few years back this time of year when the Heart of America Foundation was just getting started, we visited an elementary school in Prince Georges County Maryland. At the end of the day after we had distributed our books … Continue reading →

“The greatest challenge of the day is how to bring about a revolution of the heart,” Dorothy Day wrote, “a revolution which has to start with each of us.” A few years ago, I helped bring a matched pair of … Continue reading →

Edward Everett – not Lincoln – delivered the Gettysburg Address. Everett was a pastor and a politician who served as a Representative, Senator, Governor, and Secretary of State.  He also served as President of Harvard University.  He was 69 years … Continue reading →

Jefferson said, “Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.”  There has never been a time when we as a country have had to contend with so much of one with so little of … Continue reading →