Following the disappearance of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart in July 1937, her aviator-style hat and goggles became a popular children's Christmas gift. Earhart was declared dead in January 1939, and various theories continue to circulate about what could have happened to the famed pilot. 15 /...
Lewis (in Mere Christianity) found it necessary to depict democratic liberalism as merely one alternative for a Christian, beside socialism and fascism. So what happened? Well, communism failed, of course By this time, it's such a commonplace that communism doesn't work that it's hard--...
Qatar peaked back in 2008 and is now producing almost 200,000 barrels per say below that peak. From the looks of what has happened in the last fur months they may be in terminal decline. They can only hope that the decline slows. Is this their Seneca Cliff? Saudi Aramco to cut drillin...
I never listen to music or podcasts or audiobooks when Roo and I go on our walks. I sometimes problem-solve about something that has happened that day; I sometimes strategize about a project. And sometimes I just walk. I look at the houses on our regular route and make up lives of th...
We went to war, and for the first time in my life I felt 100% completely out-of-step with my country. Now, I’m on the younger side of things. I’m sure for many of you that moment happened decades ago. The 1960s are the obvious example, and I’ll get to that later, but ...