Michael J. McGivney

to hear these stories, preserve them, and pass them down to those that come after us. After visiting The Knights of Columbus I learn something interesting. The world 's largest Catholic fraternal service organization was founded by Father Michael J. McGivney in New Haven in 1882; it was named in honor of Christopher Columbus. Little did I know my visit to the KC would bring

World War Z, by Max Brooks, is often thought of as the gory recount of humanities quarrel with the zombies, however these fictional episodes convey a deeper message about fear. World War Z sends a message that is consistent with the ideas that fear may cause people to do things they would otherwise condone, but oppositely fear is a barrier between rationality and insanity. Overall what Max Brooks suggests about the nature of fear is that fear can twist human judgement and make people do the unthinkable

The Significance of the Back to the Future Trilogy Earlier this month, actor Michael J. Fox tweeted “Only off by a year, not bad. Congrats @Cubs. This is so heavy.” (@realmikefox) His tweet was a reference to a “prediction” made in the 1989 film, Back to the Future Part II, in which Fox starred as the lead character of Marty. Even though the film was released twenty-seven years ago, and its predecessor was released four years prior to that, the tweet itself garnered over eighteen thousand “Twitter

In the movie, Back To The Future Part II, when Marty McFly Jr. sits down to watch TV, he doesn’t need to use a remote control to change channels. Instead, he barks commands directly at the big-screen TV and names six different channels that he wants to view, all of which instantly appear in a grid on the TV. In another scene, Marty approaches a “Garden Center fruit dispenser” and commands it to give him some fruit. His first command is “Hey, fruit!” He is ignored by the dispenser because it has

Hamer came to the conclusion that there is definite proof that male homosexuality does have a biological basis in the Xq28 region of the X chromosome. (Shultz, 139; Hammer, Online) To further substantiate biology as the true cause of Homosexuality, Michael Bailey of Northwestern University joined Richard Pillard of the Boston University School of Medicine to publish a study of homosexuality in twins. The findings of their study showed that sexual orientation is something that one is born with. Pillard

The Lucky Man is an autobiography written by Michael J. Fox, a famous actor, about his experience with being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease as well as what he learned from the event. To convey his struggle and newfound understanding, Michael used memories placed out of order to show different aspects of his personality as well as the outcomes of problems he faced. Additionally, he uses humor to allow the reader to feel connected and have a better understanding of his disease. The use of memories

Brave, Strong, and Inspirational, are words that describe Michael J. Fox because he is a person who dealt with Parkinson's which is a progressive disease of the nervous system marked by tremor, muscular rigidity, and slow, imprecise movement, chiefly affecting middle-aged and elderly people. And he was brave,strong, and inspirational and to all people who were diagnosed with Parkinson's he was their inspiration to come out of hiding. Although he was born in Canada, he started out small like every

Back to the Future starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson, is a 1985 film directed by Robert Zemeckis. The film takes place in its current time with a mad scientist Dr. Emmett L. Brown (Christopher Lloyd) constructs a time machine out of a delorean and travels back to 1955 with a young man named Marty Mcfly (Michael J. Fox). While in time travel they alternate the past, which disrupts the future, where Marty McFly now has to get his parents to fall in love or his future self

A recent study has found proof that male sexual orientation is connected with genes. “Scientists tested the DNA of 400 gay men and found that genes on at least two chromosomes affected whether a man was gay or straight” (Sample 1). A specific part of the X chromosome called Xq28 had some influence on men’s sexual behavior. However scientists have not found concrete fundaments as to which of these number of genes in the region are involved in the determination of men sexual preference, or the number

Science: Why Stop Now? Science is a wondrous thing that has enabled human beings to do many things that our ancestors would have only dreamt of. In today's world we are able to talk to people we have never met, all over the world, via the Internet. We can fly to other planets, cure horrible diseases, and human life span. The list goes far beyond what I have mentioned here, and I see no reason why it should not extend even further into our future.Some people however, believe that we stop exploring