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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…

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"…

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.…

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…

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…

The past weekend was a "Weekend of Prayer for Darfur" and there was an interfaith service in Croton, as well as a letter-writing opportunity at our church. Here is an ominous look at the fact that something long feared is now happening – the violence is spreading into neighboring African countries – Darfur crisis crosses…

Tim had a milestone birthday this week-end; he turned 10 on Saturday. We had week-end long celebrations and Tim played a great game of basketball as his team (St. Augustine’s) defeated Transfiguration of Tarrytown today, 22-11. Fourth grade games are uhhh, defensive battles, as St Augustine’s led at the half 6-5. Tim scored five of…

Well, we are into basketball season now, with Tim in the St. Augustine’s CYO 4th grade team. Last year he played on our parish 3rd grade team, since his school didn’t have a third grade program, but decided to play this year with his school chums. Tonite was the 3rd-4th grade Ossining Little League Football…

From the Financial Times (UK) FT.com / World / International economy – Richest 2% hold half the world’s assets Personal wealth is distributed so unevenly across the world that the richest two per cent of adults own more than 50 per cent of the world’s assets while the poorest half hold only 1 per cent…

This is from a professional journal which is sent to me gratis, and which for some reason is allowing free access to anyone for this article. Hearts & Minds – Investment Advisor Magazine The feature is about so-called "Socially Responsible Investing" and I have several clients who do try to invest in what they view…