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The Deacon's Bench
More like the pope than the messiah?
By
deacon greg kandra
“An event that commentators repeatedly described as an ‘only in America’ catharsis had its closest parallel overseas. No inauguration has generated the kinds of crowds and emotions that surrounded Mr. Obama’s. In recent memory, the event that probably came the closest was the pilgrimage that John Paul II made to his native Poland in 1979,…
A Catholic actress in Hollywood
By
deacon greg kandra
Many of us remember Siobhan Fallon Hogan when she was just Siobhan Fallon, on “Saturday Night Live.” But the National Catholic Register’s Tim Drake shows us another side of her: Siobhan Fallon Hogan has forfeited acting projects rather than compromise her faith. The Hollywood actress and mother of three has appeared in television’s “Seinfeld” and…
Word clouds: presidential edition
By
deacon greg kandra
The New York Times has created some interesting interactive material for their inaugural coverage, including this spiffy glimpse at what the presidents said in their inaugural speeches, structured as “word clouds.” They’ve also got this interesting look ahead to what we might expect from Obama’s own speech.
“Danger, Will Robinson!”: the man who was the Robot dies
By
deacon greg kandra
Another icon from my youth has passed away: Bob May, who donned The Robot’s suit in the hit 1960s television show “Lost in Space,” has died. He was 69. May died Sunday of congestive heart failure at a hospital in Lancaster, said his daughter, Deborah May. He was a veteran actor and stuntman who had…
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