Tom Faranda

That's right. From my lips to God's ear. From 14,000 feet. Those Australians! There's a second short video below the first.  What a view!

Ahhh the great Yankee – only man to pitch a no hitter – in fact a perfect game – in a World Series. And he had a fine record with the Yankees (but not with other teams!), 45-24. The two short videos below tell the story. I’d read his autobiography a number of years ago … Read more

Always modest. From the BB newsletter. WASHINGTON, D.C.—In response to the Christianity Today editorial calling for his removal, Trump called the magazine a “left-wing rag” and said, “I have done more for Christianity than Jesus.” “I mean, the name of the magazine is Christianity Today, and who is doing more for Christians today? Not Jesus. … Read more

In a Business Insider survey. The rudest city in America, according to the survey, is New York City. It was rated rude by 34.3% of respondents, which was almost twice as much as the next highest city on the list. After NY it was – 2. Los Angeles 3. Washington DC (surprising to me – … Read more

UPDATE: Here's a pretty good obit about his life. We used to tape his show when he was on the Fox Business Network n the morning and then scroll through it in the evening to catch interesting pieces, especially his interviews. He had an eclectic group of men and women he'd interviewed, sometimes one off … Read more

This is great with a lovely icon and a poem – but you'll need to go to Simcha Fisher's blog. She is a Jewish convert to RC, and has ten children. Here’s a good poem which, as far as I can tell, is by Peter Kreeft and Fr. Ronald Tacelli. It’s from Handbook of Catholic … Read more

These are all from some of my past Christmas postings. Maybe I’m getting lazy? No, I just like them!   A Botticelli, Lifted from Michelle Malkin’s weblog. Merry Christmas!

Howzat? An op ed from the Wall Street Journal and an article from The Spectator (UK). From the Journal – The 2010s have been the best decade ever. The evidence is overwhelming. Start with the United Nations Development Report. Framed as a warning about inequality, it plays down the good news: “The gap in basic … Read more

Made up of course by the BB people. Still, not that far-fetched… Joe Biden has come under scrutiny after suggesting that Pong might be a gateway drug to more dangerous video games like Asteroids, Galaga, Temptest, and Battlezone. Biden warned that lots of kids are getting addicted to video games when they encounter peer pressure … Read more

It Began Here –   The charges needed to impeach are tough – The Democrats soldiered on – with success! it was exciting! But here are the political result of their success (USA Today) Or could the poll results have something to do with these Department of Labor #’s? See! thirty seconds and five pictures. … Read more