Battleship USS Arizona aflame in Pearl Harbor “Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." President Franklin Delano Roosevelt On December 7th, 1941 at 7:55 AM Hawaii Standard time, the first wave of... Continue Reading →
History is Written by the Victors?
“History is a jangle of accidents, blunders, surprises and absurdities, and so is our knowledge of it, but if we are to report it at all we must impose some order upon it.” Henry Steele Commager, American historian Someone I know likes to quote "history is written by the victors". The phrase is pretty commonly... Continue Reading →
Is Science What We Think it is?
“Fifteen-hundred years ago everyone knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat. And fifteen minutes ago, you knew that people were alone on this planet. Imagine what you’ll know tomorrow.” Agent K to future Agent J, Men in Black No, I'm not advocating for... Continue Reading →