Monthly Archives: August 2023

Pope Francis, Politics and Being Catholic: Briefly 0 (0)

Pope Francis criticized (some) Catholics in my country. If I had any sense, and was trying to make A Catholic Citizen in America famous, influential, profitable or some combination of those qualities, I’d have long since picked an earnestly wacky … Continue reading

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India: Fourth on the Moon, First near Lunar South Pole 0 (0)

India became the fourth nation to land on Earth’s Moon this week. And the first to land near the Lunar south pole. This is a very big deal. So, in a different way, was the “abnormal situation” that turned Russia’s … Continue reading

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Situation in Sauk Centre 0 (0)

Update August 25, 2024 2:08 p.m. / 19:08 UTC Good news: power is back on, and stayed that way. On the other hand, I spilled coffee on the “Annotated Alice” book I was reading. No great harm done. And, more … Continue reading

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India’s Goal: Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon 0 (0)

UPDATE August 23, 2023 12:50 UTC SUCCESS! India is now the fourth nation to successfully land on the Moon, and the first to successfully land near the Moon’s south pole. Vikram, the Chandrayaan-3 mission’s lander, will, if all goes well, … Continue reading

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A House in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada 0 (0)

Folks living in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, are not having a good time. The last I checked, the Northwest Territories capital was being evacuated. Understandably, since there’s less than a mile of open water between Yellowknife and one of Canada’s … Continue reading

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