The Madden ’09 “Super Bowl Simulator” nailed the Super Bowl result almost perfectly

Well I guess there's something to those video games. I posted about this the day before the Super Bowl here – Tom Faranda's Folly: Tomorrow's Super Bowl and this was the prediction: According to the award-winning video game, the Pittsburgh Steelers will win an unprecedented sixth Super Bowl title in a tightly contested game against the … Read more

Latest Read: Achieving Peace in the Abortion War

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. … Read more

Why Men Wear Earrings

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 … Read more

Big sports day at Farandaville

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, … Read more

Gigantic March for Life in DC today

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 … Read more

The Catholic Bishops write President-elect Obama

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, … Read more