My friendship with John Brown goes all the way back to my first year living in Jamaica – we met in September of 1977. He taught biology at Clarendon College, a school way off in the bush, compared to the town of Mandeville, where I lived. I met him because he was also a rugby … Read more
Because I want to be fair and balanced – I don’t want any perception that I only post mediocre jokes at the expense of Clinton and Kerry – here’s an amusing bumper sticker I spotted a couple of days ago: FRODO FAILED Bush Has the Ring
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
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
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
Here’s an interesting rant by an op ed writer in the NY Post about those who lament over Darfur on the world stage – and then do nothing about it. AND SEE FURTHER UPDATE BELOW THE DAMNED OF DARFUR By RALPH PETERS – New York Post Online Edition: Seven Welcome to the triumph of global … Read more
Today is Brigid’s birthday! Same day as the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Three days after Tim’s birthday, which is on the Feast of St. Juan Diego. Go figure. Here is Brigid with her friend Ronnie McNally, who turned up with the nice made-from-scratch chocolate birthday cake (good thing too, since I hadn’t gotten … Read more