Tom Faranda's Folly

This from my friend Ellen – The picture caption is: “Ask the Indians what happens when you don’t control immigration.”

If you didn’t know she was away this weekend, go here Brigid off to Notre Dame and here  Brigid makes the news at Notre Dame today . Brigid got home around 11:30 this morning. On the way back from Notre Dame they made several stops in New Jersey, dropping people off at home or school, before she picked … Read more

My now-deceased business associate Lou Ferraguzzi was always able to turn a neat phrase. And when we disagreed on something he’d say “Tom, you’ve been educated beyond your capacity.” Fr. John Jenkins, CSC, President of Notre Dame, has a Ph.D in medieval philosophy and has written scholarly articles on Thomas Aquinas. His decision to have the President … Read more

I was musing on this here Tom Faranda’s Folly: Torture: Does the end justify the means? last Wednesday when I answered this rhetorical question in the first line of the post “Of course not”. Here’s another op ed feature (from the WSJ) that argues the opposite. The writer attempts to justify our deliberate attacks on civilian populations in … Read more

The priest in the video below is Fr. Norman Weslin, an uber pro-life activist who is now 80 years old. Brigid and I know him pretty well, going back to 1991; in fact he’s said Mass at our house. Besides founding the Mary Weslin Home for pregnant women, he was the founder and guiding light of … Read more

Brigid took off last evening for ND. She will be going to the “alternate commencement” on the Notre Dame campus, for those who object to President Obama’s receiving an honorary degree, as well as his being the commencement speaker. The issue of course is why is Notre Dame honoring a fanatical abortion promoter?  I have posted … Read more

Good! Sheikh attacks Israel, pope walks out | The Pope In The Holy Land | Jerusalem Post Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Holy See Press Office, responded to Tamimi’s tirade by e-mail. “The intervention of Sheikh Tayseer Tamimi was not previewed by the organizers of the interreligious meeting that took place at Notre Dame … Read more

This is so absurd. Imagine if the signs said “Stop torture” or “healthcare for all” or “no blood for oil.” Think they would have been arrested? Not in a thousand years. Dr. Alan Keyes arrested at Notre Dame while pushing baby carriage and saying the rosary

I am a big fan of the Franciscan Archbishiop of Denver. Here’s a review of his most recent book (review also posted on amazon). Tom Faranda’s Folly: Latest Read: Render Unto Caesar He was in NY a couple of days ago, receiving an award from the Becket Society, and gave a talk at the American … Read more

From this past weekend’s local Gannet newspaper, The Journal News – New archbishop faces many challenges | lohud.com | The Journal News “I didn’t come with some prepackaged script or this strategy handed to me by Pope Benedict XVI,” he said. “My major duty now is to get to know, love and serve the people … Read more