Dr. ESP Juneteenth commemorates the day abolition made it to Texas. Slaves had officially been freed three years earlier. But word had not gotten to Texas because they only had Fox News. ~Comedian Costaki Economopoulos While I felt the first observance of June 19th as an official national holiday was a good time to explore the … Read more
The title of today’s blog is the Hebrew translation of the Latin phrase “E Pluribus Unum” or in English, “Out of many, one.” The Latin version is prominently displayed on the Great Seal of the United States and most U.S. currency. Reference to “many” has always been viewed as a descriptor of the diverse American … Read more
Italian artist Salvatore Garau recently auctioned an invisible sculpture for 15,000 euros ($18,300). According to as.com, the sculpture’s initial price was set between 6,000 and 9,000 euros; however, the price was raised after several bids were placed. ~Newsweek/June 1, 2021 Was there a typo in the dateline? Did the story actually come from the April … Read more
Seeking to dilute images of its racist past, officials in Montgomery, Ala., voted Tuesday to add the motto “Birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement” to the city seal. Los Angeles Times/July 3, 2002 If you want to understand the spin machine that colors our understanding of the American experience, spend a couple of days … Read more
The Invisible Back of the Hand Invisible hand, metaphor, introduced by the 18th-century Scottish philosopher and economist Adam Smith, that characterizes the mechanisms through which beneficial social and economic outcomes may arise from the accumulated self-interested actions of individuals, none of whom intends to bring about such outcomes. ~F. Eugene Heath/Encyclopedia Britannica Yesterday, a verbal sparring match between … Read more