Lou Holtz give a great, short, funny speech
This looks like a University Commencement speech but it doesn’t say where it is. Here’s what I posted a couple of days ago when it was announced he’d died. “I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth.”
NY Times continues it’s attack on alcoholic beverages! Yawn…
We all get it – drinking too much is bad, very bad, for you. But just getting tired of the NYT preachyness on this… What Alcohol Does to the Body Dry January has come and gone, but Americans’ relationship with drinking is undergoing a more lasting change. According to one recent poll, just 54 percent … Read more
Saturday wordle
As I start a new streak.
Friday wordle – a miss!
A tough one. Snapped a 37 puzzle success streak. Correct word was GUNKY.
Friday cocktail – Orange Blossom, version two
We prefer this to version one, from last Friday. And we changed the recipe slightly from the short video. Farandaville recipe – just up the gin a bit from the video. 1 & a 1/2 oz gin 1 oz sweet (red) vermouth 1 oz. orange juice – fresh is best of course Shaken with ice … Read more
Anniversary of Dred Scott Decision
Tomorrow is the anniversary of the infamous Dred Scott decision, in which the Supreme Court exiled an entire class of people from the protection of the law. And the real predecessor of Roe v. Wade.
Catholic Just War understanding and the Iran attack
Having carefully read four analyses (but I threw out the one from the magazine Commonweal since they will always just toe the Democrat Party line) it is very difficult to make a judgement. That was the consensus of the other three (from First Things, The Catholic Vote and the Pillar). I concur that it’s a … Read more