My Dad, Joe, who died 23 years ago today. Here he is in 1950, guy on the left – marching off to war for a 2nd time. First time, the Pacific war, second time Korea. If you want to see Phil’s facebook posting, go here.
A few years ago the "peak oil" theory – "the point in time when the maximum rate of extraction of petroleum is reached, after which it is expected to enter terminal decline" – was popular among a certain political segment of the chattering class. Well they were very premature. From the Financial Times (UK) – … Read more
A brief essay on the papacy – I am excerpting JP's poem. Peter, You Are the Floor; Give Thanks During the Second Vatican Council, Karol Wojtyla wrote a short poem about St. Peter, whose feast we celebrate today. Our feet meet the earth in this place; there are so many walls, so many colonnades, yet we … Read more
Although I am not a whiskey drinker, some pretty interesting history.
Good. Pope Francis: ‘Death Penalty Is Unacceptable’ Pope Francis has reaffirmed that the death penalty is unjustifiable today. In a video-message transmitted tonight to the participants of the VI World Congress Against the Death Penalty in Oslo, Norway, underway through June 23, the Pontiff stressed, “Nowadays, the death penalty is unacceptable, however grave the crime of … Read more
Saturday, kind of on the spur of the moment – and a beautiful day to go. One of the things I wanted to do was test my MapMyHike phone app. I have the free version (naturally) and it’s really great. The GPS is amazing – it is accurate to just a couple of feet. I … Read more
Ahhh, 40 years ago – June fifth, 1976. In Downing Stadium, a Rugby Festival with four games. After three New York teams all get steamrolled by English sides, the England Champions Gosforth take on the NY champions – and my club – Essex. Along with Colin Kiley, I was co-captain of the team – in … Read more
Whitman was a volunteer nurse during the Civil War. A short excerpt below the link. How and Why We Remember the Dead: A Memorial Day Lesson from Walt Whitman Whitman particularly felt the urgent need to recall the soldiers who suffered and died in the military hospitals, which he called “the Untold and Unwritten History … Read more
Interesting protest idea. According to the article below the police cut open the container and arrested them. Protests over a planned gas pipeline took an interesting turn Wednesday when two people locked themselves inside a shipping container blocking the construction site on the Peekskill-Buchanan border. According to a press release from ResistAIM, the protesters had … Read more