Testimony: The Story of John Paul II

From The News:
The film was premiered in a theatre that rests in the shadow of the Basilica, deep in the heart of the Vatican. Alongside the Pontiff, the audience was made up of bishops and cardinals, Solidarity legend Lech Walesa, former First Lady Jolanta Kwasniewska, Polish politician Julia Pitera – who is the wife of [...]

“What Happened to the Greek Columns I Ordered?”

Obama jokes, the Al Smith dinner last night, from A Writer’s Diary:
Forget Tina Fey, the true comedians of the presidential campaign are the candidates.
Last night, Barack Obama and John McCain set aside their increasingly bitter arsenal of personal attacks, insinuations and innuendo and warmly chided each other at a charity dinner packed with New York media and political bigshots.
At the Alfred [...]

Snooze, You Lose

Evidently the Tampa Bay Rays went to sleep at the same time as I did last night, for when I did they were up 7-0 in the top of the seventh inning. When I awoke about an hour later with the sense that they had blown the game, I turned my radio on to discover [...]