Tom Faranda's Folly

NY Times foreign correspondent John F. Burns has won two Pullitzer Prizes, and he is a great reporter and writer. (In 1986 the Chinese claimed he was a spy, and expelled him.) Here’s his column in the Times today:Freedom From Fear Lifts Sunnis in Iraqi Election – New York Times

This is a a riot. Kennedy writes an op ed in the NYT explaining why he’s against wind turbine farms at sea where they could be seen from Nantucket, Cape Cod, and Martha’s Vineyard.  An Ill Wind Off Cape Cod – New York Times An environmentalist, just Not In My Back Yard.

Here’s a pretty good NYT article summarizing the future for web-based technology and business services. Can This Man Reprogram Microsoft? – New York Times This article may only be free on the NYT website until Dec. 18th.

Today is Brigid’s birthday. She loves the fact that she was born on the same day as the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. AND, that Tim’s birthday falls three days earlier – on the Feast of St. Juan Diego. For non-aficionados of Catholic feasts, Juan Diego was the Mexican peasant who Mary appeared to … Read more

A short op ed from the Wall Street Journal December 11th. OpinionJournal – Featured Article Here’s the title and first paragraph: None Dare Call it Conspiracy We’ve been hearing variations on "BUSH LIED!!!!" for at least 60 years. BY MORTON KELLER Sunday, December 11, 2005 12:01 a.m. EST Variations of "Bush lied" have been part … Read more

My younger son Tim had his birthday today. He actually started celebrating last evening when my mother was up. That’s when I took the picture below. Now Tim is a real boy’s boy. Which is to say: very athletic, quite funny, sassy to the point of being fresh, and a bit of an underachiever at … Read more