Monthly Archives: February 2020

Galileo’s Eternal Salute

Galileo Galilei helped restore science to Europe with his telescopic exploration of the solar system and stars. The Holy Mother Church in Rome was confounded by his heliocentric beliefs that the Earth revolved around the Sun, which was contrary to geocentricism. His Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems attacked the ignorance of Pope Urban […]

Where Is The USA?

America is separated from the rest of the world by two oceans and most of my countrymen are completely ignorant of the world beyond our borders. A GPS system can’t help these people find New York or the USA on a map and this inability to identify different nations around the globe was highlighted when […]

Men Versus Women The Eternal Struggle

?Women are always right and they are never more right then when they are wrong and you try to convince of this.” James Steele Women are different animals from men as proven by this mail from Brian LeBouef featuring a short story exercise written by a male and female student at the U of Phoenix. […]

02-02-2020

The last numeric palindromic date on the Gregorian Calendar was 11-11-1111 AD or XI-XI-MXXI Anno Dominum, although time in 1111 AD for most of the Christian world was ruled by the old Julian Calendar, but Pope Gregory changed the calendar to stop Easter from wandering all of the months. Yesterday 02-02-2020 was the first time […]

Up The Monarchy

THree years ago Britain voted on whether to exit or remain in the European Union. The Exiters won the referendum by 5% on the strength of Old England’s disdain for Europe, for as the well-worn adage says, “Asia begins at the Channel.” The Royals have stayed out of the fray. Queen Elizabeth has said nothing […]