Author: Tom Faranda

The author is a physician who is also a Jesuit preparing for ordination. Crucial point about people dissenting from Catholic/Christian teachings, without being able to explain the teaching! On Faith: Guest Voices: A Jesuit’s Perspective on Abortion … A further note on killing the other person: As a practicing physician licensed to care for pregnant…

Sort of, as they endorse Senator Clinton forthe Democratic nomination and Senator McCain forthe Republicans. I favor Clinton because I think she’s less likely to damage the country then Obama or Edwards. And McCain is my second choice, but first choice Thompson has dropped out. I found reading the editorials to be nauseating, so I’m…

As we always do (exception: when I’m hospitalized for chemotherapy! Then it’s a threesome.) the four of us were at the March in Washington yesterday. Helped to organize two buses with 89 participants; about half were Jr high school or high school students. Joe took this picture looking back down Constitution Ave, where the Avenue…

Today is the 35th annual March for Life, protesting the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision which by judicial fiat made abortion on demand the law of the land. The Washington Post yesterday had an article on the rising right-to-life youth movement. Movement Gets a Youthful Infusion – washingtonpost.com Ellie Baum, a student at Purdue University…

Horrendous. Mature Human Embryos Created From Adult Skin Cells – washingtonpost.com Creation of the embryos — grown from cells taken from the company’s chief executive and one of its investors — also offered sobering evidence that few, if any, technical barriers may remain to the creation of cloned babies. That reality could prompt renewed controversy…

Rush Limbaugh makes about 100x what I make (possibly, 1000x more). But I’m smarter then him (or maybe wiser would be a better word), and here’s an example of why. While driving out to NJ I was listening to him today. I enjoy Rush – I think he’s entertaining, and I agree with him, more…

"I ruined my hands in the ring… The referee kept stepping on them."

This morning’s Wall Street Journal has an op ed co-authored by former Senator Nunn, former defense secretary Perry, and two former secretary’s of state. Here is a quote, with more below the link: "… "Mistakes are made in every other human endeavor. Why should nuclear weapons be exempt?" To underline the governor’s point, on Aug.…