RICH GUYS, ETHICS, AND THE LAW
ANATOLE FRANCE, 1921 NOBELIST, wrote in 1894, “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal … Continue reading
SAMOAN DAYS—REPEATED, LOST
THE INTERESTING FACTS WEBSITE NOTED that “In 1892, Samoa had two July 4s in a row.” “The international date line,” Interesting Facts says, “established in 1884, lies smack dab in … Continue reading
BABY TALK—DOLPHIN STYLE
WE’VE ALL HAD GENTLE LITTLE CONVERSATIONS with infants, this “baby talk” helping them to learn how to speak. What’s more, Beki Hooper Ph.D. reports in Psychology Today, July 3, 2023, … Continue reading
PURITANICAL PACHYDERMS
H.L. MENCKEN DEFINED PURITANISM as “the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” G.K. Chesterton wrote, “A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.” … Continue reading
WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL COPENHAGEN PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1 IVOR HIORT’S COPENHAGEN AND ENVIRONS displayed how aircraft, radiophony, and automobiles set the stage for this Danish capital’s earning its high livability ranking (2nd among the … Continue reading
LIVABLE, LIVABLE COPENHAGEN PART 1
IN FOLLOWING UP WITH the Economic Intelligence Unit’s analysis of the world’s most livable cities, here in Parts 1 and 2 today and tomorrow are tidbits about No. 2 on … Continue reading
ALFA ROMEO SUPER SPIDER—THE ALFISTI WERE RIGHT!
THERE’S A BACKSTORY to R&T’s road test of the Alfa Super Spider, October 1959: The magazine acknowledged, “The Alfa Romeo Veloce Spider test (March 1958) was a classic example of … Continue reading
VIENNA—THE MOST LIVABLE CITY IN THE WORLD PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE CELEBRATED WITH SMITHSONIAN magazine’s reporting the Economic Intelligence Unit’s choice of Vienna as the world’s most livable city. Today in Part 2, we travel back to old Austria, … Continue reading
VIENNA—THE MOST LIVABLE CITY IN THE WORLD PART 1
“FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, VIENNA has been named the most livable city in the world, Sara Kuta writes in Smithsonian magazine, June 27, 2023: “The Austrian capital … Continue reading
DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS THEORY, ANOSOV FLOWS, AND ARNOLD’S CAT PART 2
A FINE ARTICLE IN QUANTA MAGAZINE, Jordana Cepelewicz’s “Flow Proof Helps Mathematicians Find Stability in Chaos,” introduces the concept of Anasov flows in dynamical systems. And, following up with some … Continue reading
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