A NEW-ISH WORLD
WE ARE THANKFULLY, tentatively, and carefully feeling our way through this world pandemic. Winston Churchill’s comment of August 1942 World War II is most appropriate: “This is not the end. … Continue reading
A NECKLACE WITH LEGS PART 2
NO ONE IN Part 1 of our tale seemed to covet the fabulous necklace commissioned in 1772 by Louis XV for his mistress Madame du Barry. However, in Part 2 … Continue reading
A NECKLACE WITH LEGS PART 1
“IF ‘SOMETHING HAS LEGS,’ ” says VOA Learning English, “it means people have interest in it.” Here, in Parts 1 and 2 today and tomorrow, I offer an example of … Continue reading
THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIALS, THEN AND NOW
A FELLOW ALUMNUS of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, class of ’65, inspired me to learn more about the Dow Jones Industrial Average, 1965 versus 2021. The Dow’s evolution is a suitable … Continue reading
INNES’S CALIFORNIA PART 2
INNES IRELAND WAS awed by California redwoods in yesterday’s Part 1 of “California Gold Rush Country,” R&T, February 1987. Today in Part 2, he encountered California lore specifically linked to … Continue reading
INNES’S CALIFORNIA PART 1
INNES IRELAND, WINNER of the U.S. Grand Prix, Watkins Glen, 1961, and regular contributor to R&T, was a man of many talents and multiple sides. Wife Dottie and I knew … Continue reading
TRIPPIN’ THRU TIME IN LONDON
DAUGHTER SUZ SHARED “In London, Looking Backward to Move Forward,” by Henry Wismayer in The Washington Post, March 4, 2021. In particular, she recommended its link to Layers of London, … Continue reading
ETYMOLOGY—FILIBUSTER PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE BEGAN a review of “filibuster,” its etymology, and its use as a delaying tactic in the U.S. Senate. Here in Part 2, we discuss its history, other filibuster … Continue reading
ETYMOLOGY—FILIBUSTER PART 1
THERE IS NOTHING good to say about “filibuster.” Even its etymology is embarrassing. As noted in Merriman-Webster, the word comes from the Spanish filibustero, literally “freebooter.” “Filibuster” made its first … Continue reading
PLANCK CORES—A NEW COSMOLOGICAL MODEL
SCIENTISTS ARE MODELERS. They devise mathematical models to explain what they perceive as reality. Pre-Copernicus, with human-centric and religious fervor, their model located Earth at their reality’s center. Newton refined … Continue reading
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