Author: Tom Faranda

Pax Christi is the Catholic peace organization and this was their 43rd annual Good Friday Stations of the Cross, across Manhattan. Starts near the UN and crosses 42nd St to Holy Cross Church between 8th and 9th Avenue. Since the early nineties Brigid and I have done the stations most years, with a handful missed…

This is the cover art from the Holy Week Magnificat prayerbook. The text below discusses the painter and the piece of art. Below the text is the full painting from which this is taken.  Tintoretto (1518–1594) is probably the greatest painter of the trinity of artists that dominated Venice in the 16th century—better even than…

John Kerry was the Secretary of State when the Obama Administration cut their very controversial deal with Iran in July, 2015. I've excerpted the keys from his op ed in yesterday's Wall Street Journal (He starts his column by explaining why this could not have been done in 2015) below the link. And I took…

I am left handed with two variations – I bat rightie and my dominant kicking leg is right. And now I'm even more special! Rare Genetic Variants That May Be Linked to Left-Handedness Around 90 percent of people are right-handed, and 10 percent are left-handed. Which hand people rely on is a result of brain…

Perfect match! “It is amazing how any people still fall for the argument that, if life is unfair, the answer is to turn more money and power over to politicians. Since life has always been unfair, for thousands of years and in countries around the world, where does that lead us?”— Thomas Sowell

Our most Feisty – some might say ornery – eight year old chinchilla Rylia has a tooth problem (they are growing backwards!) and nothing can be done abut it. It was discovered last Monday evening when the crowd returned from England after their six day stay. I was chin sitting but not my fault! It…

Monday the gang arrived back from England from the funeral and celebration of her sister Libby’s life. Brigid brought back from England … a bad cold!  Here is what Brigid said at the church before the funeral Mass, speaking before Libby’s son Tom.  I have posted about Libby here – Sad News: Libby Dent Conyers…

Bishop Strickland, who is outspoken on many issues and not popular in the Vatican. He was removed from his position as Bishop of Tyler, Texas in 2023. The removal – they said – was for administrative reasons and not penal. Bishop Strickland to President Trump: “the indiscriminate killing of civilians – including women and children…

From the Wall Street Journal February 12th. And if you read to the end it seems like it shouldn't be that difficult to stem the bleeding. This morning at a House Oversight subcommittee hearing on improper payments and fraud in government, Democrats attacked President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk for their efforts to…

This is from an editorial a couple of days ago on a website Issues & Insights that spun off from Investors business Daily when they no longer wanted editorial material.  It was sent to me by MS (thanks!). Interesting analysis and a short read if you hit the link below. I'm just going to excerpt…