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A powerful video from Feminists for Life of America
At the March for Life last Thursday, eighty (80) women spoke in front of the Supreme Court on the disaster that their own abortions had on their lives. This six minute video is from a recent Students for Life conference – Why would a card-carrying member of NARAL Pro-Choice America join Feminists for Life? What…
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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…
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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,…
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Latest Read: “Stand Up and Fight”
In keeping with my resolution here My second annual New Year's interview with myself about getting back to reading more books, this is the first of the year. And even though it's a sports book, with the sub-title When Munster best the All Blacks, it's certainly a serious book. While ostensibly about a rugby match, it's…
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The Wall Calendar for 2009!
Yup. Doggone it – you gotta get it. 2009 Sarah Palin Calendar – Get your 2009 Sarah Palin wall calendar today!
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More on the death of Fr. Neuhaus
Yesterday I posted about the death of Fr. Richard John Neuhaus Tom Faranda's Folly: Fr. Richard John Neuhaus . For information on the arrangements, and to read a fine editorial in National Review Online, go here –LifeNet: More on the death of Fr. Neuhaus, and the arrangements
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A plausible explanation for how Madoff kept his scheme going for so long
While it will be a long time before we know for sure how Bernie Madoff kept his operation running, here is a very good crack at explaining it. It's not very long; worth hitting the link and reading the whole thing (If the link doesn't work right away, keep hitting it. It will eventually open.).…
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Fr. Richard John Neuhaus
Fr. Neuhaus died this morning - evidently a return of the cancer he had ten years ago. Only a few days ago he'd briefly posted something on the First Things website saying he was undergoing treatment. His death is a loss for the rest of us. Brigid and I had met him several times, heard him speak…
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The most popular posting on my weblog …
Is this one. Tom Faranda's Folly: Mediport taken out today It's not even close – I get anywhere from three to twelve hits everyday on it. I presume this is because of it's high ranking on certain google searches. For example if you google "mediport picture", it's the top listing. Google "Lmphoma mediport" it's the 4th listing.…