Tom Faranda's Folly

The Wall Street Journal has a good editorial this morning on Al Gore’s joining a Venture Capital Firm. Global Warming, Inc OpinionJournal – Featured Article Al Gore no longer needs to make claims about creating the Internet, because the former Vice President deserves much of the credit for creating an entire new industry–the global warming … Read more

Several of my die-hard, yellow dog Democrat* friends are big Obama supporters. And there was an op ed in the NY Times a few days ago, as well as a long (much too long) piece by Andrew Sullivan in the Atlantic Monthly. The common theme is that Obama will be a unifier, taking us beyond … Read more

Friday was one of those big days  – two large boxes arrived – the new Dell computer. By the time I got home, the official family IT guy – Joe – had gotten stuck into things, and there were wires running all over the first floor. In addition to the computer and screen, we got … Read more

I am a member of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy Home – Appalachian Trail Conservancy and receive their bimonthly magazine, Journeys. It arrived yesterday, and there were two letters complaining about the use of cameras on the Trail to study wildlife. The camera work is unobtrusive, but the writers complained about a loss of privacy and … Read more

Last week I posted about Liberal Democrat law Professor Alan Dershowitz’s op ed in the  Wall Street Journal Tom Faranda’s Folly: Dershowitz on the Democratic Party, terrorism, and torture. Several letters were written to the Journal about his essay, and this morning Dershowitz responded with this letter in the WSJ: Douglas A. Johnson premises his … Read more

You never know – The apostolic nuncio announced the Pope’s upcoming trip to the United States at the opening of the U.S. bishops’ meeting on Monday. Here’s the Pope’s itinerary: April 15: Arrival in Washington. April 16: 81st birthday; official welcome at White House. April 16, afternoon: Address to the U.S. bishops’ conference. April 17: … Read more

This is from National Review online. The author is a well-known biographer, who writes frequently on religious and political issue. Hit the link and read the whole article (it’s not too long); the excerpts I post below don’t do it justice. Paul Kengor on 2008 & Guiliani on National Review Online The polling numbers on … Read more

This is a quick, breezy read with plenty of useful (and fun) diagrams. It is very comprehensive: from soup to nuts, or perhaps better put, from shelter to hygiene. There’s probably nothing in this book that you can’t find online, but as a general guide to lightweight backpacking it’s good to have it in one … Read more

Here’s the answer. Waterboarding Is Torture, Says Ex-Navy Instructor A former Navy survival instructor subjected to waterboarding as part of his military training told Congress yesterday that the controversial tactic should plainly be considered torture and that such a method was never intended for use by U.S. interrogators because it is a relic of abusive … Read more