Forlorn Shipwrecks Of The Desert
When I was a boy learning geography, the Aral Sea was the fourth largest lake in the world. Even then its salinity was so high that it was … Read more
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When I was a boy learning geography, the Aral Sea was the fourth largest lake in the world. Even then its salinity was so high that it was … Read more
In Bavaria, each Assumption day (August 15), The fishermen take to Lake Staffelsee to engage in the time honored sport of Fischerstechen, or Fishermen Joust. From Wikipedia: … Read more
I went to see the film “Captain America” the other day. Several of my friends had been raving about it and the trailer looked promising. I was pleasantly … Read more
American politics seems to be an exercise in absurdity these days. The recent self-made crisis regarding the debt ceiling is a perfect example. With unemployment hovering officially around … Read more
During World War II there was great interest in finding a way to reliably steer a missile to a target. However, the guided missile was still in the … Read more
Excerpted from a post by jwjnational,on August 15th,2011 Responding to the continuing massive jobs deficit,Chicago Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky proposed to create 2 million jobs,introducing the “Emergency Jobs to … Read more
This May the head of St. Vitalis of Assisi, the patron saint of genital disease, was sold at auction for about $5,000 (3,500 Euro). This brings to … Read more
Excerpted from an article by Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com, May 11, 2011: They weren’t murderers or anything; they had merely stolen more money than most people can rationally conceive … Read more
The Chinese media has reported on an extraordinary account of a mother bear saving her cub from a life of torture by strangling it and then killing itself. … Read more
Here’s the paradox in this whole concept of “corporate personhood.” When it comes to rights, Republicans say corporations are people. But when it comes to the responsibilities of … Read more