My friend Shaun Mullen has a post this morning (at TMV) titled “Missing in Action: The Democratic Mandate“, in which he writes:
Was it really only four months ago that an emergent Democratic majority in Congress prepared to march boldly into the future and deal decisively with all of those vexing problems facing the republic, […]
Here’s more to ponder regarding how we’re trying to promote self-esteem in our young-uns:
NEW YORK (AP) — Today’s college students are more narcissistic and self-centered than their predecessors, according to a comprehensive new study by five psychologists who worry that the trend could be harmful to personal relationships and American society.
“We need to stop endlessly […]
Last night, via a hitherto unknown think tank in Tennessee, we all learned that Al Gore’s evidently talking the talk, but not walking the walk:
In his documentary, the former Vice President calls on Americans to conserve energy by reducing electricity consumption at home.
The average household in America consumes 10,656 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, according to […]
Since the research from which Dan Brown’s fertile imagination took flight (Holy Blood, Holy Grail) gave quite a few folks a bad case of indigestion, here’s some comfort.
Feb. 25, 2007 — New scientific evidence, including DNA analysis conducted at one of the world’s foremost molecular genetics laboratories, as well as studies by leading scholars, suggests […]
When I read stories like this, I despair:
PHILADELPHIA — A high school teacher was assaulted by two students and hospitalized with broken vertebrae after he took an iPod away from one of them during class, officials said.
I’m going to take a wild guess, and suggest that these two students weren’t models of behavior already. In […]
Coming right on the heels of the AP’s foray into LDS genealogical records (prior post), here’s another triumph for genealogists today:
NEW YORK - Genealogists have found that civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton is a descendent of a slave owned by relatives of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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Some of Thurmond’s […]
In Salt Lake City, Utah, Mormons have amassed the world’s largest genealogical records repository. Their Family History Library consists of 142,000 square feet, containing roughly 2 1/2 million rolls of microfilm, and many hundreds of thousands of other primary historical documents: books, microfiche cards, periodicals, bibles… a veritable feast for ancestral researchers.
It’s open (and free) […]
Some years ago, Adorable Child (AC) and I were driving around the teeny, remote village on the St. Lawrence River in which we lived. I can’t remember what we were doing, specifically, but when AC said, “Mommy, they have a museum here!”, I was surprised.
We loved living in that village; it was safe, friendly, and […]