Are the Skies Friendly (and Safe) During the Schumer Shutdown with Unpaid Air Traffic Controllers?

Larry and I don't fly for the most part. Last time in the air we traveled to Texas for a granddaughter's wedding. We'd making that trip by car, but were just too tired and decided it was fly or miss the event. It was beautiful and we were glad we went. That darling granddaughter is now expecting a little girl, her second baby after a sweet little boy, two of our precious grandchildren.

A Bishop Who Lives Up to His Name: Salvatore the Lion-Hearted

When I was a child there was a great program about Robin Hood on television. It ran from 1955 to 1960. How I loved that hero and his devotion to Richard the Lion-Hearted who was fighting in the Crusades to free the Holy Land from the Muslim invaders. (In those days we knew who the bad guys were.) Well, I feel like that nine-year-old kid again after reading the letter written by lion-hearted Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone to seven California Assemblymen who dared to criticize him for establishing Catholic moral standards for those teaching in Catholic high schools. 

You can read the full document including the affirmation of faith at the diocesan website, but here is a brief summary from the document: