Find Tim #3, in Madrid

Thursday morning I texted him and he said they were on the way to the Prado. I’ve been – it’s one of the world’s great museums for painting. Here are the first two pictures Tim is in Europe; find him in this picture  &  Another – Find Tim – this time Paris I believe this is … Read more

Woman hiker dies of exposure

An experienced outdoorswoman. But the New Hampshire mountains, solo, in this weather? NYC financial analyst, married to JP Morgan exec, dies of exposure during solo hike in New Hampshire mountains. Kate Matrosova, 32, of New York City, died from exposure after activating her emergency beacon Sunday afternoon, authorities said. Her body was found by searchers … Read more

Bob Marley would have been 70 today.

When I was living in Jamaica, 1977-79, he was the king. Yah Mon, Jah, Rastafari. Here’s a book review & other stuff I posted and also put up on amazon in 2006 Latest Read: Before the Legend – The Rise of Bob Marley . Farandaville – huge Marley fans. His wikipedia entry Bob Marley Being fair … Read more

Interview with the 2 El Capitan climbers

I posted three times about the two guys who free climbed the 3,000 foot “Dawn Wall” of El Capitan – Free climbers reach top of El Capitan – evidently the hardest wall climb in the world. And they had no tools, except for safety ropes. This is a good interview, off the Wall Street Journal … Read more

Fr. James Cashman

A famous figure at Stepinac for 37 years, from 1954 to 1987! 93 years old. "He was a member of the English Department and will be most remembered for his work with the Stepinac Drama Club and all of the productions that he was a part of over the years!" I worked on the stage … Read more

Fr. Barron on atheism & philosophy

Good 11 minute video, as Barron is pretty hepped up. I remember the Daniel Dennett op ed in the NY Times he refers to – and thinking how arrogant the guy was. Probably 25 years ago I read Bertrand Russell’s book, Why I am Not a Christian and found his arguments remarkably weak.  

At March for Life, two days ago

UPDATE: Media blackout of March for Life – evidently Donohue missed the NPR coverage mentioned in the comment below. More people then ever, even less coverage (which is always skimpy) then ever. NY Times had a picture relating to some Congressional measures to restrict federal funding of abortion and that was it. The Washington Post … Read more