The Washington Post has a profile today of Thomas Vander Woude, who died saving his disabled son. It’s hard to imagine a more awful way to die, and yet he did it with the love of a father saving his son. As we anticipate the birth of our fourth child, I can’t help asking myself [...]

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Pictures from the TLM at Franciscan University.

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It looks like the current one child policy may be coming to an end.
The bad news is that this lessening of the restrictions still sounds like it’s not going to be providing much additional breathing room. The communist government remains devoted to controlling population through coercive means.
What strikes me as most odd about this piece [...]

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Now that - that - was a football game. Eli Manning, welcome to history.

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OK, not really, but this punk rocker risked his own life to save another.
“I jumped down on to the tracks, lifted him off the ground and put him on my shoulder - he was heavy but there was enough adrenaline rushing through to help me,” said Julian, who is in year 9 at Lisarow High [...]

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