Is it Possible to Create a Gigantic Earth Thermostat?OH WAIT! WE ALREADY HAVE ONE! (It just isn’t working fast enough). As tempting as it is to promote phytoplankton growth (while sending the…Jun 14Jun 14
Invent the Modern Air Force, Get Court-Martialed…the Story of Billy Mitchell……AND OTHER LESSONS REGARDING THE EVOLUTION OF WEAPONRY. As a child in 1964, I went with my father (a B24 copilot) to the Smithsonian. At…Jun 8A response icon1Jun 8A response icon1
Chaplin, Jimmy Stewart, or…Curly? Who is Your Underdog Hero?AN EXPLORATION OF THE THE AMERICAN UNDERDOG ARCHETYPE IN FILM. Ok its high school, and you are sitting in the cafeteria near Jimmy Stewart…Jun 4Jun 4
The Great Awakenings: Rural Conversions or Evangelical Burning-Man Festivals?PLUS: WHICH RELIGIOUS PROSELYTIZERS SHOULD YOU NOT SIC YOUR DOG UPON? This is an investigation into the various American Great Awakenings…Jun 1Jun 1
San Francisco Giants Lifetime Memories, Two Willies to Panda HatsFrom the dawn of the first Mays-McCovey memories in 1960, to the long-overdue 3x Championships of the two-thousand teens (and A’s…May 21May 21
Mod’rn Fairy Tales, Most Wondrous Obs’rv’d ‘Twixt Trump EpochsWh’re art the Broth’rs Grimm at which hour thee needeth those folk? t seemeth to me yond we couldst useth pristine fairy tales with updat’d…May 8May 8
Film Noir Classics that Come at You Like a Freight Train at a ConfessionalDid you ever have that suffocating feeling that no matter what you said or did, no one would ever believe you and things were inevitably…May 6May 6
G.S. Warriors Hoop Memories, and the Evolution of the NBADad took me to my first S.F. Warriors’ game in 1962, and seeing Wilt Chamberlain was like seeing a man playing against boys. I will attempt…Apr 2A response icon1Apr 2A response icon1
Music Producers-The Unsung Heroes of the 50s-80s Pop Music RenaissanceYou may not have heard of some of these people, but a few may be responsible for dragging a drugged-out Ray Charles, John Lennon, Mick…Mar 25Mar 25
Environmental Agents Most Likely to Kill You…This is an attempt to create a thumbnail sketch of environmental risk…which of course includes many variables. By necessity, there will be…Mar 18Mar 18
