WHEN RADIO RULED When I came of age, television had invaded our lives. Ed Sullivan showed us the Beatles, and the nightly news showed us the daily body counts of the dead in Vietnam. Civil Rights, and the Women's Movement. Revolution in our culture. Rebellion in our generation. But change had had preceded us. [...]
George Washington at 22
GEORGE WASHINGTON AT TWENTY-TWO George Washington had returned to the Western Pennsylvania wilderness. He was with forty of his men and a few Indian warriors of the Mingo Half-King, Tanacharison. They were hiding on the bluffs surrounding thirty-five sleeping Frenchmen, one of whom might have been a French diplomat. It happened so fast. Fifteen [...]
Lucifer in our Skies!
LUCIFER IN OUR SKIES ! But not always. And why not? Because that planet moves around! Venus is inferior to us, the second large object from the sun inside our orbit. It is very similar in size and shape to our Earth. But hotter. Very hot. Maybe that is why it was named for the [...]
WHY DO YOU CARE ABOUT JOHN CHARLES FREMONT? (mini-podcast)
Shakespeare Saith… part 3, “The Muse of Fire” (a podcast)
Numbers, the Secret Language of the Cosmos?
NUMBERS, THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF THE COSMOS? No, not astrology, although the movements of heavenly bodies, including that of our sun, give us the first appreciation of the significance of time. And that glowing orb, exploding in fire so closely nearby, gives us our daylight and the heated seasons for planting. And some of these [...]
Shakespeare Saith… (part 2), “Love is Merely Madness!” (a podcast)
Shakespeare Saith… (part 1), “All the World’s a Stage” (a podcast)
WHY DO YOU CARE ABOUT JOHN CHARLES FREMONT?
WHY DO YOU CARE ABOUT JOHN CHARLES FREMONT? You don't, if you're not into the west. Or care about how Kit Carson guided the way [he was born in Kentucky]. Before Brigham Young founded Salt Lake City [what a great place to name a city]. And he used Fremont's notes to get there! Before Mexico [...]