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Editorial note from Robert McEwen, H.W., M.
EDITORIAL NOTE: It amazes me how the Truth is so available to all of us, and how precious it is, how many of have learned to take it for granted. Many passed this down, and there is much conscious action to do in love to serve the Truth with our brothers and sisters. How to … Continue reading Editorial note from Robert McEwen, H.W., M.
Herman Melville’s Passionate, Beautiful, Heartbreaking Love Letters to Nathaniel Hawthorne
By Maria Popova (brainpickings.org) The summer when nineteen-year-old Emily Dickinson met the love of her life — the orphaned mathematician-in-training Susan Gilbert, who would come to be the poet’s greatest muse, her mentor, her primary reader and editor, her fiercest lifelong attachment, her “Only Woman in the World” — another intense, label-defying love was igniting in the … Continue reading Herman Melville’s Passionate, Beautiful, Heartbreaking Love Letters to Nathaniel Hawthorne
In Hoc Anno Domini
For the past 69 years, every year on Christmas eve, the Wall Street Journal runs the editorial below as its lead editorial. It was written in 1949 by the late Vermont Royster. I’ve repeatedly admired the beautiful poetry of the words. But this year, I think I understand a bit better what the words are … Continue reading In Hoc Anno Domini
Making Gay History: Stella Rush (“Sten Russell”)
Stella Rush (aka Sten Russell) during taping for Lesbian Herstory Archives Daughters of Bilitis Video Project, San Francisco, May 15, 1987. Credit: Still from DOB Video Project, © Lesbian Herstory Archives DOB Video Project, LHEF, Inc. Episode Notes From Eric Marcus: When I sat down with Stella Rush in her landlord’s apartment to interview her … Continue reading Making Gay History: Stella Rush (“Sten Russell”)
Next U.S. moon landing will be by private companies, not NASA
MARCIA DUNN Nov 29, 2018 (timeswv.com) FILE – In this Oct. 12, 2018 file photo, Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Jim Bridenstine speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia. America’s next moon landing will be made by private companies, not NASA. Bridenstine announced Thursday, Nov. 29 … Continue reading Next U.S. moon landing will be by private companies, not NASA
“The World Has Changed: Yet Are the Answers Found in the Past” by Calvin Harris, H. W., M.
The World Has Changed: A continuing series of Conversation snippet by Calvin Harris, H. W., M. that includes compelling conversations between colleagues, students, lovers and friends on significant educational, social, literary and cultural themes. There will be installments from time to time, each conversation snippet represents a stage in Calvin’s artistic, educational, or spiritual worldview; they … Continue reading “The World Has Changed: Yet Are the Answers Found in the Past” by Calvin Harris, H. W., M.
Prague Spring Semicentennial I: “A cold-war anniversary that still warms the heart”
From the Christian Science Monitor : A cold-war anniversary that still warms the heart Fifty years after Moscow ended the Prague Spring by force, the world continues to benefit from the lesson of truth-telling that was spawned by that historic event. August 15, 2018 By the Monitor’s Editorial Board In quiet ceremonies next week, the … Continue reading Prague Spring Semicentennial I: “A cold-war anniversary that still warms the heart”
Rachel Kushner’s Immersive Fiction
The novelist has entered the worlds of seventies New York and pre-revolutionary Cuba. For her new book, “The Mars Room,” she explored life inside a California women’s prison. By Dana Goodyear Kushner says, “I like managing things that are a little outside my control.” Photograph by Amanda Demme for The New Yorker Several years ago, the … Continue reading Rachel Kushner’s Immersive Fiction
Liquid Water Was Discovered on Mars and There’s Hope for Humanity Yet
It’s the best sign to date that life may be possible on the red planet. BY SARAH RENSE JUL 26, 2018 (Esquire.com) 20th Century Fox Mars already has a lot going for it. You can brew beer up there. The mountainous terrain is gorgeous. It isn’t rapidly succumbing to the ravages of man-made climate change. And now, … Continue reading Liquid Water Was Discovered on Mars and There’s Hope for Humanity Yet