One of my idols. At 83, "after a brief illness." And he didn't just play football. He had 11 children. Got married in 1949, only had one wife. Blanda was known as the Ageless Wonder because he didn't retire until he was just short of his 49th birthday. And some of his best work came … Read more
President Barack Obama today awarded the Medal of Honor to an Air Force chief master sergeant who died saving three fellow airmen in Laos, his heroism kept under wraps for more than 40 years because the Vietnam-era mission was secret.
The British, atheist, author, with cancer. It's that third group — people who are asking God for Hitchens' healing — that causes Hitchens to choose his words even more carefully than normal. Are those prayers OK? Are they helpful?
Hard to believe. I lifted this from last year's 9/11 date. Tom, I miss you. I knew seven people who died eight years ago today. And one of them Tommy Knox, I knew quite well My friend, Tom Knox, having coached him for more than five years at the North Jersey Rugby club.
Ha! From Rasmussen – But also, in a case of true blind faith, 19% say Congress can make things better … This level of skepticism is shared by a majority of just about every partisan and demographic group, including 53% of Democrats whose party currently controls both houses of Congress The only exception is the nation's … Read more
I posted about the Vanity Fair piece here Vanity Fair gives Palin the once over. I still haven't read the full essay, but Imus, who doesn't like Palin, did. On the radio Tuesday he said it was a hatchet job. I guess this is further evidence. Writer Michael Joseph Gross acknowledged to the Associated Press that … Read more
Hawking is the famous British scientist who has been in a wheelchair for decades with Lou Gehrig's Disease. Here he is in 2006. Considering his disability, he has lead an amazing and creative life. He had a 30 + year career at Cambridge, and he just retired . Back in 1988 he wrote a very popular book on … Read more
Men have more regrets about having fewer children. A little surprising? Male scientists who said their careers kept them from having more children regretted their sparsely populated households more than their female counterparts.
Just got homae a few minutes ago from an overnight hike in the A.T. My friend Maria was a last minute scratch, so it was a threesome. Brigid drove us to the top of Bear Mountain yesterday and Jeanne Marie’s husband Damian picked us up at 3 o’clock today on Arden Valley Road, near Tiorati … Read more
You may have heard of the protest, set off by the owner of the building refusing to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Mother Teresa’s birthday by lightingthe building in blue and white. It’s quite sandard for groups and businesses to apply to the building to use a particular lighting arrangement at the top, to celebrate … Read more