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The World Reacts to the Trump Likely Nomination for U.S. President
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in a small group. - George CarlinThe news that Donald Trump had become the presumptive Republican Presidential nominee as his rivals suspended their...
View ArticleSix Limerick Poems
There Was An Old Man With A BeardbyEdward LearThere was an Old Man with a beard,Who said, 'It is just as I feared!Two Owls and a Hen,Four Larks and a Wren,Have all built their nests in my beard!'There...
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Facts about Japan
The Flag of JapanJapan is called the “Land of the Rising Sun.”The Japanese name for Japan is “Nihon” or “Nippon” which means “sun origin”.The highest point in Japan in Mount Fuji, which stands at...
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Neglected Important Artists, No. 26
Maria BlanchardMaria Blanchard was born in Santander, Mexico, on March 6th, 1881, in a wealthy family of the cultured bourgeoisie. Maria was born with kyphoscoliosis and bilateral hip disarticulation,...
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Doorways to the Sacred: Religious Icons
Religious icons represent a person who is Christ or one of the saints. Icons are like quick links in that they give a person a symbolic and unauthentic symbolic of a holy person or persons. More than...
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The Atomic Bomb
As World War II was ending, the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on two Japanese cites. It is the only nation to have ever used an atomic bomb. The question remains, was it necessary?On August 6, 1945, during...
View ArticleThe Shocking American Ignorance About Politics
The health of a democracy is dependent on an educated citizenry. Political illiteracy is the manure for the flourishing of political appeals based on sheer ignorance.House Majority Speaker Eric...
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The Most Read Author of All Time
Agatha ChristieBest-selling author Agatha Christie was born Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller on September 15, 1890, in Torquay, Devon, in the southwest part of England. The youngest of three siblings, she...
View ArticleWhy Americans Are So Ignorant About Politics
The following is an excerpt from the new book Political Animals by Rick Shenkman (Basic Books, 2016) Imagine what it would be like if voters suddenly knew the facts. It would be like living in a...
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Knowledge Quiz, No. 65
I dislike the term trivia. No knowledge is trivial. All information contributes to the whole of an intelligent human being. And, it is an essential part of critical thinking. That is why I did not call...
View ArticleSome Irish Humorous Stories
Paddy was driving down the street in a sweat because he had an important meeting and couldn't find a parking place. Looking up to heaven he said, "Lord take pity on me. If you find me a parking place,...
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Facts about Soap
A Bar of Soap and Liquid SoapThe word "soap" is derived from the Latin word "sapo" which is the name of a fictitious mountain in the area of Rome which is said to be associated with soap.Soap cleans by...
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The Renaissance
The Renaissance, literally meaning "rebirth", was the period in European civilization immediately following the Middle Ages and was characterized by a surge of interest in Classical scholarship and...
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Donald Trump: Serial Liar and Provocateur
Donald Trump is a serial liar. Okay, to be a bit less Trumpian about it, he has trouble with the truth. If you look at Politifact, the Pulitzer Prize-winning site that examines candidates’...
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News You May Have Missed, No. 70
Dog PoopCities around the world are getting tough on dog poop, because they have got a lot of it. The city of Chicago alone, for instance, deals with over 68 million pounds of dog poop annually. Dog...
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The History Of Mass Transportation Vehicles
The first mass transportation vehicle in America was called an omnibus. It looked like a stagecoach and was pulled by horses. The first omnibus to operate in America began running up and down Broadway...
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Bernie Sanders
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders (born: September 8, 1941) is a politician and a candidatefor the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election. He is the incumbent junior...
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Great Thinks, Great Thought, No. 47: Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath TagoreRabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was the youngest son of Debendranath Tagore, a leader of the Brahmo Samaj, which was a new religious sect in nineteenth-century Bengal, India, and...
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Facts about Belgium
The colors of the Belgian flag were taken from the coat of arms of the Duchy of Brabant and the vertical design may be based on the flag of France.Belgium's official name is the Kingdom of Belgium – or...
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Great Thinkers, Great Thoughts: Petrarch, The Father of Humanism
PetrarchFrancesco Petrarca (aka: Petrarch) is often called "the father of humanism". He was born in 1304 in Arezzo, Italy, though he spent most of his childhood living around Florence, Tuscany, and...
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