Tom Faranda's Folly

Neil Walker, who the Yankees traded for. This was May 9th, 2015 when he was with Pittsburgh.  

Dan Lipinski, one of the very few true pro-life Democrats left in the Congress. He got lots of grass roots support from The Susan B Anthony list. Despite his having served seven terms, and being a staunch backer of what people used to view as mainline Democrat positions (like being a strong supporter of Unions)  … Read more

The Toronto Psychologist Jordan Peterson certainly is a youtube/social media phenomena. And it may not be the standard 20 minutes of fame. His latest book 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos is a huge bestseller (maybe the NY Times will get around to reviewing it some day). Here the Catholic Bishop Robert Barron – … Read more

Despite being an atheist he was a member of the Pontifical Academy of Science. I posted this Stephen Hawking: 10 good quotes   yesterday.  

The physicist and the man to live the longest with ALS. He was a genius in the realm of cosmological physics – I read A Brief History of Time when he wrote it around 1988. But he lost the program when he wrote irrationally (my opinion ) about God and the origin of the universe. … Read more

Good heavens! The implication – white women are stupid!? Sounds like a Saturday Night Live skit. Can't you just go away…  

From the Jesuit magazine America. A little excerpt but worth hitting the link. I joined the Jesuit Volunteer Elder Corps at 68—and never looked back. When the acceptance letter arrived, I was elated. But doubts were close behind. Would I be able to give up my antiques, the moon on Lake Michigan, the symphony? I … Read more

As the Sisters try and retain their property. As FOX 11 reported on the legal battle between local nuns and Katy Perry over a Los Feliz convent, we learned that one of the nuns involved in the case collapsed and died Friday during a court proceeding related to the case.  

Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, murdered in March, 1980 for speaking out for the poor and against the injustice of the Salvadoran Government. A true martyr. Will be interesting to find out the miracle attributed to him. The picture is of him in 1941, at the age of 24.  

I already posted here about Tim’s school winning their Conference Championship. The two throwers on the men’s team are Tim – who is good – but Rickssen is REALLY good. Like ranked #7 in the state among college shot throwers. Here are a couple pictures and then videos of both Tim and Rickssen. A couple … Read more