From America, the Jesuit publication. Worth hitting the link – excerpts below it. Pope Francis marks 60th anniversary of Vatican II by warning against worldly ‘progressivism’ and backward-looking ‘traditionalism’ The council reminded the church of what is “essential,” the pope said: “a church madly in love with its Lord and with all the men and … Read more
Full Disclosure: I am a registered Independent. Rarely vote for Democrats; do a lot of write-ins. I admire her independent spirit without agreeing with many of her positions (or with all Tucker’s positions).
A man with many screws loose. And that's being charitable. Normally I'd put the person's picture up. But Alex? Nah. The $965 million verdict is the second big judgment against the Infowars host for spreading the myth that the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history never happened, and that the grieving families seen in news … Read more
Proves nothing, one way or the other but worth a read if you are interested in the topic. The author is a science writer living in Brooklyn. Prior belief in god or an afterlife does not, perhaps surprisingly, seem to influence one’s propensity to have an NDE, according to the research, but there is a … Read more
HA! my friend Nancy sent me the picture below re: Awesome Tim foursome wins the Knights of Columbus annual charity golf tournament! Rather than buy four t shirts I’ll save my money and just post these pictures.
Ha! It took them realizing they could score political points against Herschel Walker! Could get that NY Times writer fired (hit the "conceived the child" link below) … The point is made in NRO, article here – What to Make of the Herschel Walker Abortion Allegation? In case you missed it, on Monday night the … Read more
Here it is – I think the writer sugar-coated it… Pasted in as it was sent to me. I complimented the writer on having "supreme self-assurance". "I know how to read…" (Faranda) Indeed you do, my dearest Faranda, indeed you do. You do know how to read black and white words off a … Read more
This is a pretty good article from the Guardian (UK) written by a Harvard evolutionary biology professor. I'm excerpting two "myths" I think we can do better by looking beyond the weird world in which we live to consider how our ancestors as well as people in other cultures manage to be physically active. This … Read more
Some thoughts from the BB. As you no doubt know, the Vineyard people already have handled the problem with the second “way”. Got the National Guard in and packed ’em off to Cape Cod military base. The people of Martha’s Vineyard are facing a border crisis, with immigrants being shipped in from Florida by the … Read more
So having bloviated about our travel day France – Wednesday the 24th to Monday the 29th. which started Wednesday the 24th and ended Thursday the 25th in Piriac sur Mer , we had all day Friday until the pre-wedding dinner Friday evening. So in the morning we walked through Piriac and down to the harbor. … Read more