The Bosque Boys

I am a sucker for an underdog-chasing-his-dream story, especially if the story has a happy ending. Here, from Breitbart, the story of the son of Jamaican immigrant parents to Britain who pursued his dream of owning a farm, has realized that dream, has contributed to the social well-being of the nation, and now is standing for Parliement as a Conservative candidate. Three Cheers!

Photognome calls our attention a couple of interesting items.

First, to Judge Robert H. Dierker, Jr., and his book The Tyranny of Tolerance: A Sitting Judge Breaks the Code of Silence to Expose the Liberal Judicial Assault . I've not read the book, nor heard of Dierker, but like the title. Anyone out there read this book?

Second, to the website Ralph the Sacred River, who combines Christianity, erudition, and humor.

The WSJ, as part of its continuing series of "Five Best," has this piece by Clive James on the best volumes of poetry. God bless him for extoling the Masters: Yeats, Frost, Auden, Wilbur, Larkin. I now have a New Year's Resolution to gain weight to complement my resolution to lose pounds.

While back up in the home country of northern Missouri between Christmas and New Year's, I saw two things I never imagined.

First, the local paper carried a picture of a mountain lion taken in Livingston County, not too far from home. The cat had activated a camera left along a deer trail to count deer. The big cats are starting to move back into Missouri, preying on the deer. Wow. Mountain lions back in Missouri after all these years. Resulting from a tremendous increase in the number of deer compared to 50 years ago, protected status, and also (I assume) from the depopulation of rural Missouri. Like much of the Midwest, most rural north Missouri counties peaked in population between 1900 and 1920.

Second, I saw fresh sign of moles at work in late December on the family farm. Never before have I seen that. Even the warmer winters I remember left the ground too cool. Those who try to deny climate change are whistling in the dark. See this earlier post.

Thanks to the internet, you no longer need to go to prison to learn esoteric housebreaking skills. Now there are instructional videos for opening any lock with simple tools and simpler technique readily available. Info from Wizbang with links.

As regular readers know, Cardinal George Pell is one of my intellectual heroes. But even a wise man needs to be careful before writing. In a recent column he commented on "Bill Gates' 11 Rules. But, according to Urban Myth-busters Snopes, this list has been mistakenly attributed to Gates and does not appear in the book cited as a source.

These rules, whatever their source, are worth reprinting. Here from snopes.com (below)

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I read Jewish World Review daily and recomend it to others. Today they outdid themselves with some terrific essays. Check them out.

Everyday sweetness in America By Garrison Keillor

What ever happened to honor? By Paul Greenberg

Why the free market is king By Jonathan V. Last

Op-eds now more central in war than bullets By Daniel Pipes

I am not a follower of bicycle racing so I did not know the story of the recent winner of the Tour de France. A classic tale of grit overcoming obstacles. I'm a sucker for stories like this. The Mennonite boy from Pennsylvania who overcame chronic pain to win cycling's biggest event. Read article.

As you may know, I am becoming a Cardinal George Pell fan. Here is a link to an interview with him on EWTN. The interview is number 12 on the list. The list also includes interviews with Michael Medved, Peggy Noonan, Rick Santorum and others.

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