by Will Mayshall | Oct 31, 2025 | History as it applies to the Future, Science and Emerging Technology
In olden days, the oceans were the vast unknowns. But gradually, we have come to realize that all the oceans are really just one large Sea with which we are becoming more and more familiar. So, in our never-ending quest to know the unknown, we have also turned our...
by Will Mayshall | Jul 9, 2025 | Culture Wars, History as it applies to the Future
The ancient Greek, Hesiod, believed the men and women of his time had declined severely from a Golden Age when we had lived in peace, abundance, and harmony. Mankind had fallen so far, he believed, as to have needed the assistance of a band of heroes like Achilles and...
by Will Mayshall | Jun 6, 2025 | Culture Wars, Education, History as it applies to the Future, Politcal Parties, Politics
In 1960, John Steinbeck decided he wanted to tour America. He packed a few essentials and his dog, Charley, into a camper he had named Rocinante, after Don Quixote’s horse. Why did he go? A skeptic might answer that he was a writer, and, by natural inclination, went...
by Will Mayshall | Feb 8, 2025 | Culture Wars, History as it applies to the Future, Politics
There has been a flurry of presidential activity since Donald Trump took office once again. Using a sports analogy, all these presidential decrees are meant to Flood the Zone, throwing a ton of stuff on the wall to see what sticks. A less charitable interpretation...
by Will Mayshall | Oct 23, 2024 | History as it applies to the Future
Thirty days hath September, April, June, etcetera! The old memory aide only rhymes at the beginning and never does explain why we have months of 28 days (sometimes 29), 30 days, and 31. Nonsense! The Julian calendar which dated back to 46 BCE was replaced by the...
by Will Mayshall | Sep 18, 2024 | History as it applies to the Future
Title adulterated slightly to placate over-sensitive AI Before the next election every voter owes it to him or herself to wrestle with the following question: Does Donald Trump know he’s lying? It’s an important question because if he does not, he has somehow managed...
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