Until Theodore Roosevelt was levitated to Office upon the assassination of William McKinley the Presidency was, except for the period of the Lincoln administration, essentially ceremonial. Listing the accomplishments of […]
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Years ago I got tired of hearing how “dumb” President Reagan was. An “amiable dunce”, a B actor, dumb as a stump, all hat no cattle, etc. So I read […]
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On April 12, 1633 Galileo Galilei was convicted of heresy by the Roman Inquisition. He stood accused of refusing to accept the forward thinking position of the Papal establishment: specifically […]
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One always admires the unique talents that people have and how they use those talents. Michael Jordan’s success on the court with time running out (NCAA Tournament 1982). Bill Clinton’s […]
Read MoreThere are an amazing number of phobias but there is no term yet coined to define an irrational fear of words written on flat surfaces with chalk. Yet apparently that […]
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