Category Archives: Series

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Christmas With Aunt Jule and Uncle George

Get-togethers, family and community, are part of the holiday season. Take Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, for example. Thousands of folks, maybe a million or more, turned out Thursday morning,1 standing in a cold New York City rain, cheering this celebration … Continue reading

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A Change of Pace: Family Stories

I’m taking A Catholic Citizen in America in a different direction, at least for a while. I’ll still post something each Saturday, but will be focusing on what I call ‘family stories’. It’s not that I’ve lost interest in science, … Continue reading

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Vega, a Closer Look: Smooth Disc, No Planets, Starspots

A little over a week ago, scientist published a detailed analysis of Vega’s surprisingly planet-free debris disc. Vega, one of the brightest stars in Earth’s sky, may have planets: but the October 31 paper rules out any Saturn-size or larger … Continue reading

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Wisdom, Love, Life, Voting and Making Good Choices

A man asked Jesus “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” in last Sunday’s Gospel reading. That’s what Fr. Greg talked about — our Lord’s answer is simple, by the way, and can be boiled down to … Continue reading

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Radian Aerospace PFV01, Remembering Max Valier

It’s not what I’m writing about this week, but an article in TechCrunch about a prototype space plane got my attention. And reminded me of a promising development of the 1920s that didn’t work out. About a century back, someone … Continue reading

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