MARS…A NEW WORLD TO CONQUER? (…colonizing an outback) Our monster dune buggy, the rover vehicle named – Curiosity – appears to have struck gold, or rather…water, and essential minerals such as phosphorus and carbon, along with hydrogen, nitrogen…all the essential
March 18, 2013
FRANCIS THE FIRST (…achieving a Jesuit apotheosis?) Catholics have a new pope, and he has chosen to be named – Francis 1st -. It is an interesting and intriguing choice because, given his Jesuit background, his choice of that name
HUGO CHAVEZ (…flamboyant rider of autocratic populism) Hugo Chavez, of Venezuela, is dead of cancer, after fourteen years in power as its –El Supremo – . His rise to power is a classic example of what almost always emerges from
LILO…AN ONGOING SAGA (…of a celebutante-going-to-seed) Our pop-culture world seems to keep on cranking out an endless roster of bad boys and girls. A pop-culture roster that seems stuck in the era of sex, drugs, and rock and roll…not to