Twice: The Capricorn Full Moon This morning in the Montreal Gazette, the lead story was that science scores among students in some provinces are plummeting. Canada has a different view on life than the United States; an article like this can make big headlines. However, since people shoot one another less often here, Canadian journalists … Read more
What Would it Take? My father is a communications and media professor, and he likes to make fun of his students for not remembering anything. His latest jab is to tell them they don’t have to worry about Alzheimer’s Disease — because they have no memory to lose. This would be sarcastic, were it not … Read more
At the Edge of the Stage Now we know who to thank for helping two young reporters take down the second most evil American presidency of our lifetimes. His name is Mark Felt: Leo Sun, Pisces Moon, and born the year of the Ox — cautious, steadfast, determined. He was mentor to the young Bob … Read more
The Discomfort Zone I woke up Thursday morning to news of the so-called Real ID card being approved by Congress, in a late-night session, with the provision stuck to a multi-billion dollar military appropriations bill. As I understand it, there was no debate at all, and the Senate vote was unanimous. Very nice. A … Read more
The Land that Time Remembered It’s easy to think of the story of Apollo’s birth on Delos as a way of explaining how a tiny island, blazing with sunlight, and made of rocks overrun with wildflowers and lots of really intense lizards, became for seven centuries a major cosmopolitan center of worship and trade on … Read more