Tom Faranda My friend Paul Novotny read this book and passed it on to me. The Language of God is a pretty quick read; less then 300 pages long. It is excellent. The author is Francis S. Collins, a physician and geneticist who is the head of the Human Genome Project, which finished a draft of the … Read more
It turns out that not every leftist is thrilled with Obama. Here’s an opinion piece written by liberal columnist Froma Harrop (a Maureen Dowd clone, judging by her humor). She’s not too impressed. RealClearPolitics – Articles – Obama Scores as Exotic Who Says Nothing Obama’s appeal comes not from the things he says, but from … Read more
As all Christmas’s should be, it was a great day. It started later then we expected, at 7:18AM when Tim came in (he announced the time) and told us “there were a lot of presents”. We’d been up until almost 3AM. Brigid went with Tim to the back room and there was a very large … Read more
Here is an interesting list from George Weigel, a Catholic theologian and biographer of John Paul. Only two of the books are by Catholics. Worth Saving OpinionJournal – Five Best The only thing I’ve read of the five is a few brief sections from Dante’s "Divine Comedy." Probably back in high school. However Jaroslav Pelikan … Read more
Yesterday I got the results of both my biopsy of two weeks ago and last Friday’s blood count. First the counts – my white blood cell count (CBC) is a little low at 3.1 (normal is 4-11). Red cells (RBC’s) a little low at 3.98 (normal 4.2-5.6) Hemaglobin is 12 (normal 13-17) My platelets are … Read more
Here’s an article from Forbes online, about an unfortunate possible side effect which may have come from Rituxan use. Update — Analysts Downplay Rituxan Worries – Forbes.com The Food and Drug Administration warned health care professionals on Monday that two patients treated with the drug Rituxan for an off-label condition died after developing a fatal … Read more
The Journal had an unkind op ed this AM, excoriating bloggers for being, among other things, "awful" and "appalling". The author, a Journal assistant editor is referring to the writing. As far as political blogs – they are "excruciatingly boring." The title is The Blog Mob – "Written by fools to be read by Imbeciles" … Read more
I haven’t seen the results of my CBC from the past Friday – MSK will fax me the results tomorrow, In the meantime I am back on the antibiotic Levaquin for my sinus issue, and as a bonus I got what I’m sure was a viral infection that manifested itself last night – achy, intermittently … Read more
This is from the AP as published online by aol. Breast Cancer Rates Fell Dramatically in 2003 – AOL News Breast cancer rates plunged an unprecedented 7 percent in 2003, the year after millions of women stopped taking menopause hormones when a study showed the pills raise the risk of tumors.
The Post had a great editorial today on the big roadblock to ending or ameliorating the genocide in Darfur – which they point out is spreading to nearby regions. China and Darfur – washingtonpost.com … the key to this tragedy lies not in the killing fields of western Sudan nor even in the White House. … Read more