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While having a nice dinner with friends (mentioned in previous post Tom Faranda’s Folly: 6 weeks + one day post-hospital health update ) back on March 11th, my college roommate Mike mentioned he’d just read Peggy Noonan’s book John Paul the Great and liked it. (Important personal note – It’s amazing that Mike still talks…

Q. Why is a laundromat a really bad place to try and meet women? A. Because a woman who can’t even afford a washing machine will never be able to support you.

Two boys in Boston were playing baseball when one of them was attacked by a rabid Rotweiler. Thinking quickly, the other boy ripped a board off of a nearby fence, wedged it into the dog’s collar and twisted it, breaking the dog’s neck. A newspaper reporter from the Boston Globe witnessed the incident and rushed…

This is off the Luskin website: TOP TEN THINGS TO SAY IF YOU ARE CAUGHT SLEEPING AT YOUR DESK    10. "They told me at the blood bank this might happen." 9. "This is just a 15 minute power nap they raved about in the time management course you sent me to." 8. "Whew! Guess…

This book asks and attempts to answer the following question: How do you raise the standard of living of the vast numbers of people living in terrible poverty in the undeveloped (the third) world? The sub-title of this book is “Economists’ Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics”. It was written by William Easterly, who was…

Here is the Journal News front page article on my neighbor down the street, who I wrote about in the previous post. It’s a good article with extensive quotes by the Church pastor, Fr. Mike Keane. Two communities reeling in aftermath of fatal crash. Unfortunately they refer to John as the "Grand Wizard" of the…

In fact it was a really bad day – an awful day. This morning (Wednesday) our friend and my assistant Judy came over to the house at 8:30 with the terrible news that a neighbor of mine, who lived at the end of the street, had been killed the previous evening in a car crash.…

Here’s a Boston Globe interview published this past weekend with Archbishop Sean O’Malley, who was put into the Boston mess after the resignation of Cardinal Law. O’Malley Transcript – The Boston Globe. Archbishop O’Malley is a Capuchin Franciscan, who is well thought of by people who know him. The Boston Globe is owned by the…

Depending on your position/perspective, tomorrow is the third anniversary of the Iraqi incursion – or – liberation – or – invasion. Here’s what some Iraqis think: Iraqis see long road to recovery – World – insider.washingtontimes.com .  Here’s what the NY Times editorial page has to say: The Stuff That Happened – New York Times…

Some of my journal commentary recently made it into a medical newsletter. You can see it here, under "Wired" Hospital Rooms. Innovation: It’s Not Just a Paper Saver – by Susan Konig – The Heartland Institute It got in because my neighbor and friend Sue Konig (author of "Why Animals Live so Close to the…