MICHAEL J. BAGLINO, Ed. D. is a retired college teacher, most recently an adjunct professor in behavioral science at Palm Beach State College, Florida. He is a graduate of both Winona State University, MN and Florida International University, Miami. Michael is also a retired entertainer [singer/actor], performing primarily as a Frank Sinatra tribute artist under the name ‘Michael Matone’. A parishioner of St. Therese de Lisieux Catholic Church in Wellington, FL, Michael serves as a lector and Knights of Columbus member. He is a professional member of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists. The Baglino family, wife, children and grandchildren all live in South Florida.
He is the author of a trilogy of books ‘You Only Live Thrice’, ‘More from a Florida Catholic’, and ‘Europe Meets Florida’. ‘From Gramsci to Freud: 7 Anti Christian Philosophers who Ruined America’ and ‘The Dr. B. Reader’ are his most recent for 2023. Dr. Baglino presents in his books a series of articles and vignettes on religion, psychology, politics and culture. He shows us that God is with us in our daily lives through all our trials, travels and decisions. Insights are garnered from classical education along with our participation in this post-modernist world. Throughout we see splashes of Catholic thought from St. Ignatius of Loyola to St. Thomas Aquinas to a more contemporary and soon to be Saint Fr. Walter Ciszek. Definitely not without humor, Michael presents a down to earth and Catholic perspective to so many of our contemporary issues.
When drug addict and felon, George Floyd, died at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, thousands of people began marching and rioting in protest against the police and in support of Mr. Floyd. A few years later, thousands of Jews were murdered...
Resonance, according to the American Heritage College Dictionary: “the increase in amplitude of oscillation of an electric or mechanical system due to a periodic force whose frequency is equal or very close to the natural or undamped frequency of...
Why do you exist and what are you going to do about it? That is your personal mission. To go forward on a personal mission that will give you direction and clear intentions. By recognizing our values and strengths we propel ourselves toward an...
Don’t mess with 5G; instead, mess with these 4Gs of Christianity. I mean really. Looks like a culture of automatons and zombies walking around with their phones in hand. To me it’s no time to be human. Without them, nothing but depression and...
“Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha-olam, borei p’ree hagafen. Amen.” That is, “Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, who creates the fruit of the vine. Amen” Memorized at 12 years of age. How’s that? By attending Hebrew School...
Michael D. was the Home Owners Association President [HOA] for a senior’s condominium community somewhere in Palm Beach County, FL. He was a true servant leader unlike the stereotype HOA President that we all know in this state. Case in point, we...
In my 2022 book, More from a Florida Catholic. I noted that the world is changing. Soon, my wife and I will return to Europe. From the 1960s to the 1980s, when first residing and last visiting, we noticed how, in particular, France and Italy...
Ephesians 6:19-20 “…and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.” One Sunday, in the...
