Author: Tom Faranda

This is a quick, breezy read with plenty of useful (and fun) diagrams. It is very comprehensive: from soup to nuts, or perhaps better put, from shelter to hygiene. There’s probably nothing in this book that you can’t find online, but as a general guide to lightweight backpacking it’s good to have it in one…

Here’s the answer. Waterboarding Is Torture, Says Ex-Navy Instructor A former Navy survival instructor subjected to waterboarding as part of his military training told Congress yesterday that the controversial tactic should plainly be considered torture and that such a method was never intended for use by U.S. interrogators because it is a relic of abusive…

For the first time, the boys did not go out trick or treating – they just went out tricking, meeting up with friends. No candy came home. Here’s Tim with his pal Justine, cleaning up – Joe – We had a nice Indian supper, with Brigid having her Tandoori with a beer while I drank…

No, not a torture instrument. Rather a very interesting rock formation on the Appalachian Trail, going through Harriman State Park, across the Hudson River in Orange County. And last Wednesday – a week ago -an intrepid party of five made a five plus mile trek through the Lemon Squeezer. The five were Brigid and I,…

Remember the who caused a scuffle at a John Kerry event, and then got tasered by the police? Tom Faranda’s Folly: Free speech in Florida? Student gets roughed up by police at Kerry event . And it turned out he was a bit of a jerk?  Tom Faranda’s Folly: Looks like the "perp" in the…

The partially boycotted talks began today in Libya. Sounds like the start was almost farcical. Talks on Darfur Open With Partial Boycott by Rebels – washingtonpost.com Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi hosted the U.N.– and African Union-backed conference just four years after the United Nations lifted sanctions against his country for alleged acts of terror. Libya‘s…