This is a second-edition of my very first blog post: Can a Total Eclipse Bring World Peace? Clearly, the question in the title of the original was answered in the negative following the 2017 total solar eclipse event. In the spirit of hopefulness, let's give this another go . . . Sabre-rattling. Invasions. Regional conflict … Continue reading Another Chance: Can a Total Eclipse Again Bring Peace?
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he Dog Days of Summer It is 103°F at The Compound on Friday 11 August 2023 as I write this and, according to the Farmers’ Almanac, the last of the “Dog Days of Summer.” Would that it was indeed the last of the “the hottest and most unbearable days of the season,” when the heat … Continue reading The Dog Days of Summer, Ancient Malaria, and Global Warming
I will always remember the moment I first saw it. It was early 1988 and Ms Ancient Dan, our 1 year old daughter Sarah, and I were just starting a half-year sojourn in Israel for me to finish my dissertation. In the far south Jerusalem neighborhood of Talpiot, near our apartment, we entered a bakery … Continue reading A Path away from Hatred?
The Biblical Account I use the word “account” as an intentionally neutral one. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament scholars tend to view the biblical record of David killing Goliath with suspicion, typically concluding that it is “legendary” or a literary application of a mythological story to the biblical hero. This is not the place (nor is there … Continue reading How David Defeats Goliath
This is part 2 of a convoluted path towards interpreting an old remote labyrinth I sought out and visited in Iceland in June 2021.
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