Tom Faranda's Folly

Wow. Here’s how they do it –  

Yay! And as we love to note, the same day as the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.  This is at the Croton Craft Fair in the village office building – two weekends ago. Note picture of BVM behind her. Brigid did well! It was a crowded event with people and with vendors. With her … Read more

I wonder how many of the student protestors know what continent Israel is on? Or when they chant "From the River to the Sea" they know which river and which sea? It's in the Hamas founding documents – all Jews must be killed. To the Editor,   The severity of the anti-Israel and pro-Hamas incidents … Read more

Oped in the WSJ by Congresswoman Elise Stefanik – who drew out the absurdity of the Ivy League Presidents a few days ago Harvard's President can't say If 'Calling For The Genocide Of Jews Violates Harvard's Rules' . And Stefanik is a Harvard '06 graduate. What constitutes bullying and harassment at Harvard? A mandatory Title … Read more

YIKES! 27 today. A few months old. HAHAHA! Trying to figure himself out. Tim, as  junior at Stepinac – nine years ago. Makes benching 340 look easy peasy. His PR (personal record) in high school was 365 lbs.   And squatting 485. 17 years old.   Tim with Marisa in June, celebrating her finishing graduate … Read more

Ugh I’ve never seen such an outpouring of sorrow for a prolife leader. He was 68 and had a three year battle with cancer. We have a special bond with Chris, since our second son Tim came to us through his efforts. He wouldn’t be a Faranda without Chris and Expectant Mother Care. Brigid had … Read more

The video is a bit over 13 minutes. I'm not sure exactly what her cancer was and it's not clear when it started (UPDATE: She had a Bellini tumor – very rare, and very low survival rates. Initially diagnosed in 2019). Here is an article from a couple of months ago. Hmmm. She was introduced … Read more

UPDATE: Dinesh D'Souza discusses this here Ayaan Hirsi Ali is an interesting person originally from Somalia – at the age of five she suffered female genital mutilation. She is married to the historian Niall Ferguson. I had heard of her – she was interviewed I think by Laura Ingraham a couple of years ago. Ayaan … Read more

This excerpt from The Chosen just went up on youtube. Just to give the setting, Jesus is on his way to see (and revive) the daughter of the synagogue official. This is in all three of the synoptic gospels (Mark, Luke and Matthew). There is some artistic license taken in this excerpt as earlier she … Read more

Manchin had also been the Governor of West Virginia and had won his Senate elections easily, despite coming from a generally Republican state. He was a sensible guy – a loss to the Senate. He would have been 77 years old when he'd be running next year but is in good shape. Senator Joe Manchin, … Read more