Since early June I have been plagued by an annoying cough. I've had it in the past, but for some reason this time it had a different character. I've been to my internist's three times, been on Levaquin twice, which cleared the cough up – but it came back quickly. So I finally wised up, … Read more
But the test is controversial. Good feature in the NY Times Ovarian Cancer Test for Women Raises Hope, and Concern – NYTimes.com The need for such a test is immense. When ovarian cancer is detected at its earliest stage, when it is still confined to the ovaries, more than 90 percent of women will live … Read more
With the usual suspects – Riners – Novotnys – Cannons (Minus Denice who is visiting daughter in Japan). I forgot my camera, but Karen Riner took a couple of pictures – Tom and Doreen Brigid and Dennis – that’s red zinfandel in the foreground…
This is a great interview published this past weekend in the Wall Street Journal. Warren was the facilitator of the Saddleback Church Values Forum, with Obama and McCain. Warren of course is an Evangelical Pastor, but his approaches mirrors the true understanding of the Catholic Church's presentation of the "seamless garment" or consistent Ethic of Life. Commentary: The … Read more
Written by a Catholic woman journalist The Problem With Liberation Ordination – WSJ.com Don't tell that to Judy Lee, one of the "priests." She insists that the archdiocese's pronouncement will be a dead letter: "We are Roman Catholics. . . . The all-male hierarchy and their legal traditions came along with the spiritual package that … Read more
As people who read my blog back when I was undergoing chemotherapy, and during my Sloan Kettering stay know, I kept going to the gym throughout my chemo. I even took dumbells into Sloan, and was allowed to use them (as well as this dinky faux bicycle exercise thing they gave me) before I had my … Read more
I've never heard anyone say an unkind word about "the Yogi." Here's a good feature off the Yankee website. Yogi a part of Yankee Stadium lore | yankees.com: News Yogi Berra's delightfully fractured language has grown so much over the years that there seems to be a Yogism for every occasion. One that fits with … Read more
I posted about the Forum earlier here Tom Faranda's Folly: Interesting column on this past weekend Saddlebrook Church "Values Forum" with McCain and Obama question… but I didn't watch it myself. The Wall Street Journal had an editorial yesterday, about Obama's dissing and slighting of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. There are seven paragraphs; and it's worth hitting … Read more
I didn't see this Forum, which was televised Saturday on MSNBC, but I did see some excerpts on the BBC World News. The BBC excerpted McCain and Obama's responses to a question on taxes, and to their views and thoughts on their own Christian faith. Here's a young Catholic priest, Fr. Jonathan Morris, who has an opinion column … Read more
I have no idea whether the Shroud of Turin shows the real body of Jesus or was somhow manufactured during the Middle ages; there seems to be evidence for and against. If it was manufactured, how did they produce a negative image? Here is an interesting article from the LA times about a physicist who … Read more