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The statue named Forward, or Lady Forward, that stood sentinel in front of our capitol building, was created by Jean Miner, a woman artist and Wisconsin native, in 1895. The people who pulled her down are proud of themselves, no doubt. Lady Forward, gazing into the future, was a rallying point for us in 2011 […]
Anyone looked for the most excellent Kinsa Temperature Map Mr. Whittle located a few months back? Apparently they have removed the temp map from public view, and substituted a “covid illness map”. Wonder why they hide that raw data map? It was a world class look at exactly what was going on with temp causing […]
On the right angle backstage of 6-24-202, Steve Green mentioned going to bed hearing Taps. For 2 years I went to band camp literally across the road from Fort Knox, and hearing the cannon going off at 6 am. (And we were already in our way to practice marching) First year I yelled out “Hit […]
In this period of insanity it is worth remembering that the Royal Navy declared war on slave trading in 1811 and by 1853 had eliminated the slave route to Brazil. The last slave market in the Americas was at Havana and it closed in 1869. Then the focus turned to Africa with some of the […]
The following essay was written by Richard Mitchell, a professor at Glassboro State College in New Jersey, in his publication The Underground Grammarian. That work was Mitchell’s often cheeky commentary on the state of the teaching of teachers and it’s effects, then and in Mitchell’s future, on the education of the nation’s youth and, beyond […]
A fantastic summary of what following the science actually looks like for climatology. It’s so much more complicated than we have been led to believe.
In 2016, the oh so sagacious students at the University of Pennsylvania went to the office of Jed Etsy, the chair of the English department, and removed a portrait of Shakespeare and replaced it with the picture of Audre Lorde (1934-1992), a self-described “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet.” Etsy stated “The students are affirming their […]
Some more thoughts on voting and elections.I think Election Day should be a national holiday. And employers should have to make sure that employees have an opportunity to make it to the polling locations to vote.There should not be any absentee voting. Voting is a citizen’s right & responsibility to vote. NOT voting is a […]
A massive Tik-Tok teens effort to disrupt the Tulsa Trump Rally may have impacted attendance at Trump’s Tulsa Rally. The kids signed up tens of thousands of fake identities for the Tulsa rally with plans to do their best to force down attendance at the rally. By grabbing tickets for the rally they never intended […]
There is a temptation to make this just another Political post. To once again rail and rant against the rampant collectivism our time. If I say that Racism is now defined as Being White And Not Feeling Guilty About It, I’m not wrong. If I say that the Rule of Law, if it’s not dead, […]
Tonight I walked with my neighbor (We’ll call her Hope) as I have many nights before. I took up the habit because she has had multiple operations on her feet and cannot run from danger with any great speed. Most nights I point out satellites crossing the sky or identify foxes and coyotes traversing the […]
“Tiz the law” whins Belmont stakes! Seems fitting.
Since the excellent Right Angle on Mr Kenny, America’s new dad, I’ve found my thoughts drawn to fatherhood, its nature and importance. On the eve of Father’s Day, I thought I’d write some of these thoughts down. This is not a scholarly piece, but I hope you find it of interest. Four Fathers The role […]
“To this very moment slavery continues in parts of Africa and the Islamic world. Very little noise is made about it by those who denounce the slavery of the past in the West, because there is no money to be made denouncing it and no political advantages to be gained.”–Thomas Sowell
The man who blogged you Formula One marble racing (namely, me) now brings you this: Russian Professional Slapping. Watch Vasily “The Dumpling” Kamotsky, in this blogger’s opinion the Gibraltar of the slapping world, take on his most fearsome opponent yet, Wagner Zuluzinho, in a swinging & stinging event of epic proportions. I wonder if there’s […]