This fine work by Pope Benedict XVI, a.k.a. Joseph Ratzinger, is an instant classic. In this first of a two volume study, the Pope defends, in 370 pages, the position that the Jesus of Faith is the Historical Jesus. It is absolutely crucial to read the 14 page foreword, as Benedict lays out his approach … Read more
I made a digital photo of a color xerox, of a picture I always liked. Here is Brigid getting ready for a night dive. She’s got her fins and snorkel in her left hand, flashlight in her right, and you can see the dial hanging off her regulator, to her left. You can barely make … Read more
I don’t remember ever seeing this one before. The Road to Hell Is Paved with Republicans
Yup. My birthday is two days after Joe’s Tom Faranda’s Folly: Joe’s 14th birthday today!, as I turn 49 again. (Ithink it’s always important to subtract seven years.) Last night Brigid and the boys gave me a “tomtom” GPS directional thing. It goes in your car and after you program in your destination, it tells … Read more
The "radical" group "Breasts not Bombs" teams up with Code Pink to protest at a Hillary Rally. Video is only 11 seconds long. Breitbart.tv » ‘Breasts Not Bombs’: Naked Anti-Warriors Protest Hillary Clinton
Hard to believe the guy we brought home from the Catholic Home Bureau at the age of five weeks is 14. Here he is in his favorite position yesterday evening – playing video games! Joe is actually having a fairly good summer. He’s finished two one week courses on computers and technology, is doing the … Read more
A “friend” (congrats Greg, you’ve made the blog) emailed me today to point out that – For years you’ve been living in a world of dreams and delusions,blissfully skating through huge issues and coming out on the wrong sideof most of them, and all the while refusing to let us visit your secretrealm Well, here’s … Read more
The Congregation for Doctrine issued a brief paper today on what constitutes a true Church. It’s alreday being commented on in the press, people are complaining, etc. Here is the document, which is 2 and a half pages long (excluding footnotes) and takes under four minutes to read. There is an introduction and then asks … Read more
I’m sure that as economies in Asia grow, this is a very real possibility. Oil experts see supply crisis in five years | Business | Money | Telegraph The International Energy Agency has predicted a supply crunch in the world’s oil markets that could send prices soaring and place a severe dent in global growth. … Read more
The two pilots in the widely publicized incident a couple of days ago are both New Yorkers, and their unit is based in Fort Drum, NY. Pilots Shot Down in Iraq Tell of Dramatic Escape – washingtonpost.com As it lost altitude, the Kiowa started to shake violently, its main rotor damaged. Burrows said he decided … Read more