Tom Faranda's Folly

Here’s an op ed piece from the Wall Street Journal, by Professor (Emeritus) at Notre Dame, George Marsden. Mere Christianity (link to wiki article) is a great book – I read it decades ago. ‘Mere Christianity’ Still Gets a Global Amen. Since 2001, C.S. Lewis’s book has sold 3.5 million copies in English alone. During … Read more

How was a cloistered nun – The Poor Clares – able to able to build a worldwide religious media operation?  

UPDATE: See Father Martin’s video below, from America Media. James Martin (among other things) is a big contributor to the Jesuit magazine, America. He’s a very interesting guy, who graduated from U Penn’s Wharton School of Business – one of the premier business school’s in the country (Donald Trump also a graduate of Wharton). Anyway, … Read more

Yes, it's the same one – but I like it! The Resurrection: Four Artists What happens when an untalented barbarian like myself, is married to an artistic, creative,and talented person? I post stuff like this for Easter: Starting with Fra Angelico, around 1443. Oh, and it's now Blessed Fra Angelico   El Greco, 1577. One of … Read more

Yeah that's today.  I love the story the Faranda family guru, the late Fr. Benedict Groeschel, liked to tell: "No doubt the arrival of Jesus in Hell/Limbo was quite spectacular – The Harrowing of Hell – and quite terrifying for the inhabitants. Except for one man, who walks up to Jesus and says 'Tell me, … Read more

Actually more than annoying – a bit hobbling. I'd had arthroscopic surgery on that knee over 11 years ago – took out much of the torn meniscus. Not an old rugby injury – the meniscus wore out because I'm bowlegged! Early last week I suddenly developed a pretty noticeable pain in my left calf. Had … Read more

Some interesting stats here. Obama, when he won the Democrat nomination in 2008 promised this would happen. Here are the facts – Sea level has been falling on the Atlantic seaboard for the past six years. And here's the Democratic nominee on June 4, 2008 – Magic!!  

He was 90. Not the greatest catcher from his neighborhood (Yogi Berra lived across the street) but otherwise very talented. He didn’t retire until 3 years ago. Joe Garagiola, Sr. HIs son, Joe Jr., was a year ahead of me at Stepinac HS, and played goalie on the soccer team.  

I've' posted about this before.L.A. actors oppose a pay hike – it will cost jobs!  I'm agnostic on raising the minimum wage – it should be left up to the states.  There's an interesting experiment going on in Oregon over this – the article is from yesterday's Guardian (UK). It looks at both sides of … Read more