Johnny Carson as President Reagan
Pretty good. Originally on in May, 1982.
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Head of Jewish Anti- Defamation League on CNBC
Jonathan Greenblatt has been head of the ADL since 2015. The link below the picture should work – wide ranging 8 minute interview worth watching. ADL CEO – https://player.cnbc.com/p/gZWlPC/cnbc_global?playertype=synd&byGuid=7000406971
St Patrick; opposed slavery & upheld women
Nice short column in the Catholic League email today. The heroics of St. Patrick are not appreciated as much as they should be. He is the first person in history to publicly condemn slavery, and one of the first leaders to champion the cause of equal rights. There is much to celebrate on March 17. … Read more
Pigs fly department: Actress at Oscars speaks out for marriage and motherhood
Wow. That’s the last Academy Award she’ll ever get! This taken entirely off Laura G’s facebook page. I never heard of Jessie Buckley until I saw Laura’s posting. Last night at the Oscars, Irish actress Jessie Buckley did something rare in Hollywood: She stood on one of the biggest stages in the world and delivered … Read more
Ohio Nat. Guard mourn loss of their colleagues killed in plane crash
Three of the six airmen whose KC135 air refueling tanker went down.
Andrew Yang – former Dem presidential candidate – on AI & jobs
This is a good interview. A couple of cycles ago he ran in the Democrat Presidential primary and got a few votes. Since then he has left the party and is co-founder of the Forward Party, attempting to build a centrist coalition. He also owns a tech business and this is a good interview.
FOX – Highlights the interest in church going amongst GEN Z; example a Catholic Church in Manhattan.
We have seen this in our own Catholic Church in Croton; more young people. I facilitate OCIA (the acronym for learning about Catholicism and receiving the sacraments) and right now we have three young women – 20, 21 and 24 – who are entering the Church. And we have a half dozen teenagers who are … Read more
Lou Holtz give a great, short, funny speech
This looks like a University Commencement speech but it doesn’t say where it is. Here’s what I posted a couple of days ago when it was announced he’d died. “I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth.”