Dear Friend and Reader: Saturday afternoon, with an aircraft carrier battle group underway to the eastern Mediterranean Sea, Pres. Obama managed to stun the world by saying he would defer to Congress the decision on whether to bomb Syria. The prior week Obama was ready to move against Syria without congressional approval under the War … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: Just as the fathers of the Roman Catholic Church were getting ready to elect a new pope, The Independent, a respected U.K. newspaper, reported that the Vatican had purchased a €23 million ($30 million) share of a Roman apartment block that houses the Europa Multiclub, reputed to be Europe’s most famous gay sauna. … Read more
Link to original Dear Friend and Reader: The long-anticipated winter solstice of 2012 is now just weeks away. I may be one of the few people who has been considering the 2012 issue for 25 years who did not make a religion out of this event, which marks the end of the 13th baktun of … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: The long-anticipated winter solstice of 2012 is now just weeks away. I may be one of the few people who has been considering the 2012 issue for 25 years who did not make a religion out of this event, which marks the end of the 13th baktun of the Mayan long … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: It’s been a trying week. Both the Moon and Mars moved through the Uranus-Pluto square, forming a grand cross on Wednesday shortly before the Cancer New Moon. With much of the United States engulfed in stultifying heat and humidity and many other places in drought, the weather as well as the … Read more