Author: Tom Faranda

Rachel MacNair is a longtime activist who has been involved in promoting a “consistent ethic” across a wide span of issues. She is a Quaker, a pacifist, and pro-life. She was president of Feminists for Life of America for ten years  Feminists for Life – Women Deserve Better MacNair is a scholar, with a Ph.D. in social psychology.…

From my brother Phil Why Men Wear Earrings   A  man is at work one day when he notices that his co-worker is  wearing an earring.  The guy knows his co-worker to be a normally  conservative  fellow, and is curious about his sudden change in  "fashion  sense." He walks up to him and says, "I…

Sunday Joe had a track meet starting a bit after noontime and Tim had an evening basketball game. Joe’s meet was at the Armory, off Broadway and 168th St. in upper Manhattan. The Armory is about ten blocks south of the George Washington Bridge. And despite it’s name, and the image it might bring to mind,…

At the March for Life last Thursday, eighty (80) women spoke in front of the Supreme Court on the disaster that their own abortions had on their lives. This six minute video is from a recent Students for Life conference – Why would a card-carrying member of NARAL Pro-Choice America join Feminists for Life? What…

Farandas were there for probably the 18th or 19th year in a row (with one year off for me due to being in Sloan Kettering – 2006). Brigid did an interview at 6:30 this morning with the cable news channel 12 while we were picking up people in Tarrytown. The station called to say they’d…

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This is on the Bishop's website, and I am publishing the whole thing below USCCB – (Office of Media Relations) Bishops Address Opportunities, Challenges for New President, Congress January 13, 2009 The Honorable Barack ObamaPresident-electPresidential Transition TeamWashington, D.C.  20270 Dear Mr. President-elect, As our nation begins a new year, a new Administration and a new Congress,…