Author Archives: Bill Halamandaris

I have seen the best and worst of America.  I have lived the American Dream and grown up with a deep appreciation for the gift it is to be an American.  My grandparents were among the 30 million people who … Continue reading →

I went to church yesterday. Normally…no big deal.  Nothing to write home about. But this was something different. I belong to one of Annapolis’ mega churches.  It’s a contemporary church with contemporary music.  It began in l987 with 25 people … Continue reading →

Words of hate produce acts of hate. Robert Bowers spewed hatred on social media for years before turning his rants into reality, storming into the Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue in Pittsburgh, killing eleven people and injuring seven more.  It … Continue reading →

“There is a new America every morning,” Adlai Stevenson said, “and that new America is the sum of many small changes.” Every day, I am repeatedly reminded of this fact. This is not the country I grew up in. I … Continue reading →

The first Mentor appeared in Homer’s epic poem, Odyssey. Composed near the end of the 8th century BC, Odyssey is the story of the king of Ithaca who struggles to find his way home after the Trojan War. In the … Continue reading →