Science, Technology

Occasional Quote of the Day: On the Eternal Verities and Squaring the Circle

Our society is changing so rapidly that none of us can know what it is or where it is going. All of us who are mature feel that there are historic principles of behavior and morality, of things that we all believe in that are being lost, not because young people couldn’t believe in them,… Continue reading Occasional Quote of the Day: On the Eternal Verities and Squaring the Circle

History, Miscellaneous

Occasional Quote of the Day: “Thank God For the Stately Homes of England”

It seems that, after a brief intermission, the Gilet Jaunes are throwing things and setting fire to cars in the streets of Paris again (apparently they didn’t like being upstaged by France’s grande dame, and they’re peevish about the amount of money that’s been raised in very short order for the purpose of fixing her roof. Because it’s “drawn more… Continue reading Occasional Quote of the Day: “Thank God For the Stately Homes of England”