Noel Irwin Hentschel

Families gather this month for graduation ceremonies for sons and daughters entering the work force where jobs are scarce, debts are high and hope is waning. Today I am happy to report that many faithful fans around the globe celebrate a beloved role model for graduates, Damien De Veuster. This...

It was a heart-wrenching experience witnessing the grieving parents of students Ying Wu and Ming Qu who were gunned down last week near USC campus. The mother of the strikingly beautiful, young woman Ying had to be held up from collapsing in her unceasing wailing at the loss of her...

Friday night rush hour included many curious Angelenos inching their way to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at the Los Angeles Music Center to experience the acclaimed Ballet Nacional de Cuba. The legendary Cuban Prima Ballerina Assoluta Alicia Alonso choreographed the lively rendition of Don Quixote.

The hard work of...

Today we Americans weep for the parents of Christina Taylor Green in Arizona as they bury their little 9-year-old girl, who tragically lost her life on January 8th because of the frightening and fatal actions of another lost child, mentally disturbed 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner. It is human nature...

The tragic and devastating attack in Tucson, Arizona on U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and other innocent victims including the killing of a 9-year-old girl and a federal judge was, sadly, preventable if the exceedingly ineffective mental health laws in America were changed. America's mental health system is undeniably broken and...

The eyes of the free world are riveted on the crisis in Pakistan as the high stakes drama unfolds of the persecuted Christian mother Asia Bibi and the brave Muslim father Salman Taseer, both Pakistani, now inextricably linked to the future outcome of Pakistan. One victim is dead for defending...

The world is shocked by the death sentence imposed in Pakistan on Asia Bibi, a young Christian mother of five, imprisoned under the country's controversial blasphemy statute. This inhumane act paradoxically occurred while devout Muslims fulfilled their Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca where they prayed for Allah's mercy. This punishment is...

The motto, "always forward, never back" originated from the 18th century pioneer missionary Blessed Junipero Serra and was adopted much later by President Barack Obama. The meaning of this thought may especially be apropos when discussing "Opening Cuba" for tourism and humanitarian initiatives. The 20th century exemplar of compassion, Mother...

"Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!" in the words of that famous American Legend, Gomer Pyle, "Golly! Gee Whiz!" I was expectin' to meet Annie Oakley and instead I met Grace Kelly. Two beloved female American icons, with two very different endearing styles. Television, newspapers and magazines provide the public images of celebrities...

Located in the Mid-Valley Shopping Center, Carmel Valley, California aka: "The Watering Hole," middle-class ladies sharing Diet Pepsis and "undiluted talk"-- The "Real" American opinion that matters on November 4th!

I tried to be a fly on the wall as I listened with great attention to the "after debate" Friday...

I tried to be a fly on the wall as I listened with great attention to the "after debate" Friday morning lively discourse amongst America's true decision makers, women of diverse economic, political, ethnic and faith persuasions with a common practice and gathering spot -- the beauty shop.

Patty,...

After all, there but for the grace of God go any one of us or our loved ones!

If Britney Spears was diagnosed with diabetes requiring ongoing medical treatment, as a community would we not be empathetic to her condition? We would acknowledge how tough it...

It was a blessing for me and a blessing for America to call Benazir Bhutto "Friend". She sacrificed her life for the future of her country and for the hope of a better world for us all. As her friends, we failed her....