A former teacher at Stepinac, a real character. I never had him as a teacher – he taught Russian – but he had positive influence on many students. He only retired in 2014, at the age of 85. He was at Stepinac from 1958 to 1993. This is from Catholic New York when he retired: … Read more
The Catholic intellectual. He was 83 years old. I enjoyed reading his columns and commentary although I never read any of his books. This is a press release from the Catholic league, and below is a short video from Fr. Robert Sirico. Michael Novak, R.I.P. February 17, 2017 Bill Donohue comments on the death of … Read more
Great article from the NY Times Health and Fitness section. They had to set a new age level classification as he set a world record for people over 105 year olds. Mr. Marchand is the only one in the that group. Testing shows he's more aerobically fit then most 50 year olds. And his aerobic … Read more
Brigid on a hike last October – Castle Rock One of my 2017 resolutions – you can check here – was for Brigid to get out for the first time to Australia, to see her brother Neville and his wife Gerry and their two (June and Samantha) daughters and their children. They’ve all – exception … Read more
A PR from the Catholic League Wednesday. TRUMP RIPPED FOR RELIGION-FRIENDLY STANCE Trump Ripped for Religion-Friendly Stance February 8, 2017 Bill Donohue comments on a piece by Claire Markham of the Center for American Progress distorting President Trump’s commitment to religious liberty: Neither President Donald Trump, nor his competitor, Hillary Clinton, are known for … Read more
"The long-range Boeing 777-200LR crossed 10 time zones on its marathon flight." The world's longest commercial flight landed in New Zealand Monday with the arrival of Qatar Airways's 14,535 kilometres (9,032 miles) Doha-Auckland service, the airline announced. There were four pilots on board as well as 15 cabin crew who served 1,100 cups of tea … Read more
Really. (And my pick, which I posted last night – My Super Bowl pick – Atlanta to win) Here's the text since it's in Spanish – video below it. Welcome. Great sporting events like today's Super Bowl are highly symbolic, showing that it is possible to build a culture of encounter and a world of … Read more
It's in the NY Times so it must be true. And it is divine intervention that this article was emailed around by the NY Times in yesterday's daily email – even though it's from 2015. Now two new studies suggest that exercise may well influence when and how much people drink. Drinking may even affect … Read more
From the NY Times health section; more evidence of the tie-in. After controlling for age, smoking, physical activity and other factors, they found that compared with those with the lowest scores on depression and anxiety, those with the highest had higher rates of cancer death. The associations were particularly strong for colon and rectal, prostate, … Read more