Author: Tom Faranda

"Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." -St. John Paul II

“The world would have peace if only men of politics would follow the Gospels.”                     - St. Bridget of Sweden

It's short and very interesting, covering and making a number of points. He mostly fast-walked the whole way. The record was held by this lady, Jennifer Pharr Davis. Scott Jurek talks about what it took to set a new Appalachian Trail record and how to enjoy wild places on the run When Scott Jurek set…

UPDATE: A thought: Nagasaki was the center of Catholicism in  Japan. The bomb landed on the edge of the Catholic enclave and killed 60% of Catholics in the city. In the Washington Post, on the 70th anniversary. I posted my thoughts on the immorality of the bombings here Hiroshima atomic bombing, 70th anniversary Go here…

Sent to me by my friend Ellen! Ron Chestna, 89 years of age, was stopped by police around 2 am and was asked where he was going at that time of night.     Ron replied, “I’m on my way to a lecture about alcohol abuse and the effects> it has on the human body,…

I remember him. WWE legend ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper dies at 61 Piper and Hogan battled for years and headlined some of the biggest matches during the 1980s. Hogan and Mr. T beat Piper and Paul Orndorff on March 31, 1985, at the first WrestleMania at Madison Square Garden. Piper was a villain for the early…

Good editorial; makes the point. And here's the 4th organ harvesting video. 4th PP video – it just gets worse Wall Street Journal: Abortion is legal, but taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay for it. Democrats have been picking fight after fight in the culture wars, believing they have the upper hand with socially liberal younger…

By Ross Douthat, who is the token, once a week Catholic on the NY Times op ed pages – although I believe Maureen Dowd says she is Catholic. Douthat's column could also have been titled "Facing Reality" as he writes about the recent Planned Parenthood expose' videos. IN an essay in his 1976 collection, “Mortal…

Yes, today, July 26, 2015. 57 again (always subtract seven years). At the top of North Mt. Beacon, picture by hiking buddy Jeanne Marie. Yes, it was hot and yes that’s sweat. We went across to South Mt. Beacon and Brigid and Jeanne Marie went up the fire tower. But then things got messy. Going…