On Catholic Church divisions
This is pretty good as an Australian – with an Asian background – offers a commentary on some Bishop Barron comments.
NY Post – “Hatred of Israel is the New Antisemitism”
The co-author of this excellent column – my opinion – also has an excellent interview which I’ve posted below the excerpted column. In the interview Noa Tishby gives a good summary of antisemism and how it has morphed from one reason to another since the Romans. As we mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January … Read more
WSJ: Europe needs the USA as much as ever
A long front page article from last week. The Continent’s dependence on America runs deep and belies attempts to replace it with new alliances The reliance puts Europe at a disadvantage in a world of great power competition and weakens its hand in negotiations with Trump on everything from trade to Greenland and Ukraine. For … Read more
Barry Bonds v. Mariano Rivera; only time they faced each other
Who wins the duel…
From Pew; An easy chart of America’s beliefs and practices
The Pew Research Firm is very reliable and thanks to EM for sending this to me – As of 2023, about 218 million of the 262 million adults in the United States said they believe in God or a universal spirit. Large numbers like these can be difficult to picture, but what if we scaled … Read more
Why Microsoft stock dropped 10% yesterday.
I don’t usually post about business but this is interesting and gives an insight into current stock market dynamics. Yesterday Microsoft stock price fell from 488 to 433. Despite a generally very good quarterly report from them, their cloud business – azure – only grew 38%. It was expected to grow 39%. And the whisper … Read more