Daniel Sheerin, born 26 XII 1943, citizen of the U.S.A., resident of the City of Kirkwood, is a professor of Latin, now retired. He has an abundance of opinions on matters of church and state, manners and morals, culture and language. Despite Rudyard Kipling’s warning that: “Unsought counsel is cursed of God,” Prof. Sheerin is ready to take a chance and present some of his views and suggestions on this blog.