Court: Wake should review judicial elections Aug 29, 2009
"Plaintiffs have demonstrated gross disparity in voting power between similarly situated residents of Wake County," wrote N.C. Supreme Court Justice Edward Thomas Brady in the court's majority opinion. "No other subdivided district in the State comes close to the degree of disproportionality found in District 10.". (News & Observer)
MDs can take part in executions May 2, 2009
The medical board, Justice Edward Thomas Brady wrote in the majority opinion, "may not discipline or threaten discipline against its licensees solely for participating in execution alone.". Justices Robert Edmunds Jr., Mark Martin and Paul Newby sided with Brady. (News & Observer)
Wake can force all-year schedule May 2, 2009
Excerpt from Associate Justice Edward Thomas Brady's dissenting opinion. "In the end, the majority decision is simply another chapter in the ongoing saga in which more and more traditional decisions made by the family are handed over to the government. While I certainly sympathize with the plight of the Wake County School System and the explosive population growth in the county, ease of administration should never take precedence over the preservation of the oldest institution -- the family. I... (News & Observer)
"Eurydice: 1887" Apr 29, 2009
A weekly poem, read by the author. By Avery SlaterPosted Tuesday, April 28, 2009, at 6:52 AM ET. (Slate)
The Calm and the Restless Apr 28, 2009
Edward Thomas and Gerard Manley HopkinsDifferent works of art convey feeling in different ways ... "The Owl" by Edward Thomas (1878-1917) presents its narrative with a mild, somewhat conversational simplicity: Downhill I came, the speaker explains; then I was at the inn; then I heard the owl; and what the owl's cry brought to mind made me regard my comfort as "salted and sobered." The poem gets its power from fine, crucial variations from ordinary speech. (Slate)
Sun, sand, and a second wedding Apr 4, 2009
Others show Brady and Bundchen on the beach, and young John Edward Thomas Moynahan is clutching his supermodel stepmom. Moynahan, meanwhile, is apparently still smarting about comments Bundchen makes in the new issue of Vanity Fair. (Boston Globe)
Dressed for success Apr 2, 2009
Tom Brady's supermodel bride really stepped in it while trying to express her feelings for the QB's kid, John Edward Thomas Moynahan, whose mom is actress Bridget Moynahan. "I understand that he has a mom, and I respect that, but to me it's not like because somebody else delivered him, that's not my child," Bundchen told VF. "I feel it is, 100 percent." Moynahan has not responded, but one of her friends now has. (Boston Globe)
Gisele speaks her mind and then some Apr 1, 2009
The actress is sure to be upset by comments supermodel Gisele Bundchen makes about her relationship with young "Johnny" - John Edward Thomas Moynahan - Moynahan's 1 1/2-year-old son with Tom Brady. "I understand that he has a mom, and I respect that, but to me it's not like because somebody else delivered him, that's not my child," Bundchen says. (Boston Globe)
The Who and the why - producers quizzed by fans of the Doctor Mar 27, 2009
The Doctor Who panel included executive producer Julie Gardner and designer Edward Thomas ... According to designer Edward Thomas when the original Dr Who series was being put together in the 1960s the designer was told to "go into the props department and look for something commonplace in which to disguise the Tardis". (BBC News -- Entertainment)
U-Z Oxford and Cambridge Writers an... Mar 23, 2009
Among these poets were Oxbridge educated Siegfried Sassoon (Clare College), who survived the war, and Edward Thomas (Lincoln College, Oxford), who fell in 1917. The deaths of men like this highlighted to the public the loss of a generation. (Suite101.com)
Making symphony cut Mar 4, 2009
shows Brady opening the door of a black Rolls-Royce for his bride and his 1 1/2-year-old son, John Edward Thomas Moynahan. And how did the Super Bowl champ pass the hours before the big event. (Boston Globe)
U2 to land in Boston on March 11 Mar 3, 2009
In the photos, Bundchen is walking slightly behind Brady and carrying his son, John Edward Thomas Moynahan. "We have received a notice [from] Us Weekly's lawyer that the pictures that were previously posted here belonged to them," read a message on. (Boston Globe)
Brady, Bundchen reportedly wed in LA Feb 27, 2009
The website, which did not disclose its source, said the three-time Super Bowl champion and the Brazilian supermodel were married at the St. Monica Catholic Church, in a "very small and intimate" ceremony attended by immediate family members, including John Edward Thomas Moynahan, Brady's 1 1/2-year-old son with ex-girlfriend Bridget Moynahan. The website said Bundchen, who is 28 and one of the wealthiest women in the world, wore a form-fitting ivory lace strapless gown with a trumpet skirt,... (Boston Globe)
Gaylord resident performs feat of gastronomical proportion Feb 25, 2009
By Chris Engle, Staff Writer Tuesday, February 24, 2009 1:10 PM EST Edward Thomas eats the "Sarge" a 6-pound, 9-ounce pizza from B.C. Pizza earning him a 200 cash prize and a 40 refund on the pizza ... That s the time to beat after Edward Thomas of Gaylord -- the first person to attempt and conquer The Sarge at B.C. Pizza -- finished every bite of the 6-pound, 9-ounce pizza in under an hour Friday. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
