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Tuesday night a group of Fairfield alumni rugby players turned out at the White Horse Tavern in the Village for “a few beers a few laughs, and nobody gets hurt”, as John O’Neill (who couldn’t make it – in Hong Kong on business) might put it. I was actually the youngest in the group (finally…

This past Friday, I took most of the day off, and with Brigid headed back to where we and three other women had ended our Appalachian Trail walk, over a month ago. Tom Faranda’s Folly: Through the Lemon Squeezer Maria and Kathy were unable to go, but Karen and her husband Mike (and their dog…

in my opinion, since I am unaffiliated with any party, I have an extremely high level of mental health! The Gallup Poll people did a survey and found out the following: Republicans Report Much Better Mental Health Than Others Republicans are significantly more likely than Democrats or independents to rate their mental health as excellent,…

For the second year in  row, Stepinac defeated White Plains H.S. on Thanksgiving. It was the 37th meeting, and I am sure White Plains is way ahead in the series (they have a much larger student body). But hey, you’re only as good as your last game! Stepinac finished the season with the best season…

The Wall Street Journal has a good editorial this morning on Al Gore’s joining a Venture Capital Firm. Global Warming, Inc OpinionJournal – Featured Article Al Gore no longer needs to make claims about creating the Internet, because the former Vice President deserves much of the credit for creating an entire new industry–the global warming…

Several of my die-hard, yellow dog Democrat* friends are big Obama supporters. And there was an op ed in the NY Times a few days ago, as well as a long (much too long) piece by Andrew Sullivan in the Atlantic Monthly. The common theme is that Obama will be a unifier, taking us beyond…

Friday was one of those big days  – two large boxes arrived – the new Dell computer. By the time I got home, the official family IT guy – Joe – had gotten stuck into things, and there were wires running all over the first floor. In addition to the computer and screen, we got…

I am a member of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy Home – Appalachian Trail Conservancy and receive their bimonthly magazine, Journeys. It arrived yesterday, and there were two letters complaining about the use of cameras on the Trail to study wildlife. The camera work is unobtrusive, but the writers complained about a loss of privacy and…

Last week I posted about Liberal Democrat law Professor Alan Dershowitz’s op ed in the  Wall Street Journal Tom Faranda’s Folly: Dershowitz on the Democratic Party, terrorism, and torture. Several letters were written to the Journal about his essay, and this morning Dershowitz responded with this letter in the WSJ: Douglas A. Johnson premises his…

You never know – The apostolic nuncio announced the Pope’s upcoming trip to the United States at the opening of the U.S. bishops’ meeting on Monday. Here’s the Pope’s itinerary: April 15: Arrival in Washington. April 16: 81st birthday; official welcome at White House. April 16, afternoon: Address to the U.S. bishops’ conference. April 17:…