Tom Faranda The NY Times health section ran a two part series this month on something we tend to take for granted – until we start losing it – our sense of balance. I was very interested, since I feel my own sense of balance is not what it was, even only a few years ago. Here’s … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Wow. Still don’t undersand why they call it an autologous stem cell transplant, when I’m only getting back my own stem cells, but they do. Here’s the posting I put up that night,Tom Faranda’s Folly: Transplant went well And here’s a picture. With hindsight, I don’t exactly look my best. The guy on the left … Read 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. … Read more
President Bush is travelling in the middle east and is still in Israel. He visited the Holocaust Museum Friday and here’s the story: The Associated Press: Bush: US Should Have Acted on Auschwitz "It is clear now that the U.S. knew a lot about it," Segev said. "It’s possible that bombing at least the railway … Read more
UPDATE: Here is the NY Times coverage – it’s excellent. Looks like everyone has the picture below. Edmund Hillary, First on Everest, Dies at 88 – New York Times Second Update: The Washington Post coverage Conquered Everest, Advocated for Planet – washingtonpost.com My original posting is here- New Zealander Edmund Hillary, along with Nepal Sherpa … Read more