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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A PLAGUE ON US: THE BEGINNING OF PANDEMICS!
A PLAGUE ON US: THE BEGINNING OF PANDEMICS! I suppose we had forgotten. Until we got our own pandemic. Didn't Salk and Sabin take care of these things? More about them later. Another article. That's Polio. Let us start, then, at the beginning. Except that we can't go that far back in antiquity. [...]
The Modern Regulation of Environmental Protection In Kentucky
© 2020 Ronald R. Van Stockum, Jr. By Ronald R. Van Stockum, Jr. (1) (Office of General Counsel, Kentucky Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, ca. 1980). (2) How does one begin a study of environmental history? Even that phrase is a little bit squirrely. Is it the human upon which we [...]
A SHARED MEAL
A SHARED MEAL In this year, 2020, we are under attack, attacked by a creature that can't reproduce without us. That, to the extent that it eats, eats us. We can't see it, but we can breathe it. Passing it on in little airborne droplets of mucus. Covid-19 [Corona Virus Disease, 2019].(6) Almost [...]
Decipherment
DECIPHERMENT It's a writing thing. I do it all the time. At times, I've made a living from it. The reading of words backward. Trying to break the code as to what is really meant, what is left out, and what is the true thinking really going on. Writing is not the science of mathematics. [...]
A Tribute to Lois Cronholm: The love of Science and that of another!
A Tribute to Lois Cronholm on the occasion of Her 90th Birthday: “The love of science and that of another” When Lois met Stuart, it was more than mere combustion: it was science! We celebrate the achievements of not only the 90th birthday of this incomparable woman but also the love of her life, the [...]
Ninevah!
https://vimeo.com/244333484 Original music from Reggie Van Stockum at the Shelby County Community Theater, Shelbyville, Kentucky, on November 18, 2017. With Reggie Van Stockum on guitar and vocals, Paul woods on jim bay, Sara Bonds on violin and Tom Hynes on saxophone. copyright 2020 by RVS all rights reserved