The Surprising Ages of the Founding Fathers on July 4, 1776
WEBAug 13, 2013 — The Surprising Ages of the Founding Fathers on July 4, 1776 For the Journal of the American Revolution, Todd Andrlik compiled a list of the ages of the key participants in the Revolutionary War as of July 4, 1776. Many of them were surprisingly young: Marquis de Lafayette, 18 James Monroe, 18 Gilbert Stuart, 20 Aaron Burr, 20 Alexander Hamilton, 21 Betsy Ross, 24 James Madison, 25 This is kind ...
Honor and Respect: how to address President Obama and Donald …
WEBJan 23, 2017 — Honor and Respect: how to address President Obama and Donald Trump Robert Hickey is the deputy director of The Protocol School of Washington, which provides etiquette and protocol training. In his book Honor & Respect, he covers the “correct written and oral forms of address for everyone from local officials to foreign heads of state”. For The President of the United States, the proper ...
Earthrise: A Poem About Climate Change by Amanda Gorman
WEBJan 22, 2021 — Earthrise: A Poem About Climate Change by Amanda Gorman At the Biden/Harris inauguration on Wednesday, poet Amanda Gorman, dressed in the yellow of the Sun, realigned the planets with her recitation of a poem called The Hill We Climb. In 2018 for The Climate Reality Project, riffing off of the iconic photo of the Earth rising over the surface of the Moon taken by Apollo 8 astronauts, Gorman ...
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WEBposted 4d ago by Jason Kottke. A famous lecture given in 1982 by computer science pioneer Grace Hopper, “Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People”, has long been publicly unavailable but is now on YouTube. We can now watch Grace Hopper’s famed 1982 lecture on YouTube · arstechnica.com.
“Can You Save One Species by Annoying Another?” - kottke.org
WEBAug 22, 2024 — Conservation biologist Tim Shields is trying to save the Mojave Desert’s desert tortoise population, which is under threat from ravens, an invasive species brought to the area by habitat-encroaching humans. Working with an engineer, he’s trying to train the ravens to leave the tortoises alone — their work is the subject of the short ...
A Dangerous Conflation. “We are Jewish writers, artists, and...
WEBNov 5, 2023 — A Dangerous Conflation. “We are Jewish writers, artists, and activists who wish to disavow the widespread narrative that any criticism of Israel is inherently antisemitic.”
The Biden administration’s successes (clean energy, infrastr...
WEBJun 27, 2024 — The Biden administration’s successes (clean energy, infrastructure investment, workers’ rights, making gov’t work better) amount to a Quiet New Deal. And that quietness is helping conservatives.
RIP to journalist, author, and huge Deadhead Steve Silberman...
WEBAug 29, 2024 — RIP to journalist, author, and huge Deadhead Steve Silberman. His wish when he died: “Just selfishly or selflessly use my own impermanence to WAKE UP to your own.”. Steve Silberman, writer on autism and the Grateful Dead, dies at 66 · sfstandard.com. The science journalist and author of the 2015 book "NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and ...
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WEBMay 1, 2024 — I think the scripture "reference" is off by one verse. Going one verse earlier (1 Cor 1:22-23): "For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness". Reply Share. If you are a member and tried to log in, it didn't work, and now you're stuck in a ...
“A 600-Year-Old Blueprint for Weathering Climate Change”
WEBApr 3, 2024 — “A 600-Year-Old Blueprint for Weathering Climate Change” This is a fascinating article by Kathleen DuVal about how climate change (including the Little Ice Age) affected social and political structures in North America in the 13th and 14th centuries.