Author: Tom Faranda

At yesterday’s Fordham Prep Development Meet, on Randall’s Island, at Icahn Stadium. He won the sophomore shot put and the javelin. He was lucky; Tim had driver’s ed at Stepinac, and we didn’t expect to get to the Stadium in time for any event except the javelin. But we just made it for the shot…

A few pictures here – thank you Maria! Today's Dedication of the Jim Moore Gym

The Holy Name of Mary Church gym. Here's a nice feature about Jim in the Journal News. Church gym to bear Jim Moore's name Moore has made significant contributions to the Croton and Holy Name communities. He founded the Holy Name of Mary CYO program in 1965 and served as director/coach for 24 years. He…

Cnn just did a special on a military veteran who wants to end his own life, the NY Times had an extesive article on the rising cost of paying for aged people with dementia, suicide and euthanasia are continuing to gain respectability as a "choice". This from Bloomberg – Boomers Push Doctor-Assisted Dying in End-of-Life…

The exchanges took place during Margaret Thatcher’s last speech in the House of Commons on 22 November 1990. Read the complete transcript for this speech here:http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speec…  

A leader who transformed Britain by pushing the nation in new directions. Margaret Thatcher, who died of a stroke on Monday at age 87, transformed Britain more thoroughly than any other prime minister of the past half-century. She was a pathbreaker from the moment she took office in 1979 as Britain’s first, and so far…

Paul Johnson the British historian – Margaret Thatcher had more impact on the world than any woman ruler since Catherine the Great of Russia. Not only did she turn around—decisively—the British economy in the 1980s, she also saw her methods copied in more than 50 countries. "Thatcherism" was the most popular and successful way of…

The mouseketeer and no doubt my first crush as a seven year old. Annette suffered from MS for years. Here is her website.

UPDATE: Brigid is watching the BBC coverage. A popular figure in Farandaville. I was living in Jamaica when she was first elected Prime Minister. I remember the consternation of my dedicated communist socialist Labor Party member friend Mick whose flat was next to mine. Prime Minister David Cameron led tributes saying: “Today is a truly…

64% believe Jesus rose from the dead, down ffom 77% in one year! An amazing drop for one year. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 64% of American Adults believe Jesus rose from the dead, while 19% reject the central Christian tenet of the Resurrection. Seventeen percent (17%) are not sure. The…