May 31rst: Today in 1921 a riot occurred in Tulsa, Oklahoma that killed at least 39 and destroyed part of the town all caused by what appears to be an innocuous incident and an incendiary newspaper article. When it was over the black part of town was leveled and the atmosphere between whites and black [...]
May 30th: Today in 1806 Andrew Jackson killed Charles Dickinson in a duel brought about by an arguement over a planned horse race which was cancelled. The two men seemed to be evenly matched as stiff necks and what should have been a quick matter soon led to insults and utlimately Dickinson’s death.
May 29th: Today in 1953 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest, the first people to do so. Everest has been in the news lately and Hillary has been speaking out about some of the controversy. The ethics of the controversy seem clear to me, but ethics are shifting and it [...]
So I went off to a science fiction convention this weekend for the first time in a looooong time. I saw a notice that my favorite author would be at Balticon there and I saw that I would be back in the US for the weekend so I went ahead and prebooked tickets.
Everytime I get depressed about where our world is headed I read about someone like the Nun in this story and get a little hope back. There is of course a terrrible Yang to this Yin in that everytime I think the world is improving I read of some psychopath, but for today we swing [...]
May 28th: Today in 1588 the Spanish Armada set sail for the English Channel, the fleet was so large it took two days for it to all leave port. It was much smaller when the survivors returned.