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Tag Archives: getting a grip
Ukraine, Russia, Annexation; and Learning from History
(From Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, via Wikimedia Commons, used w/o permission.) (Looking for bodies in Chernihiv’s secondary school number 18. (March 6, 2022)) I hadn’t planned on writing about the mess in Ukraine this soon. But stuff happened. So … Continue reading
Ukraine: Invasion, Annexation, Labels, and a Good Idea
(From BBC News, used w/o permission.) (Freedom Square, Kharkiv, Ukraine. Missile explodes, killing at least 10 people. (BBC News (March 1, 2022)) I don’t know why Putin sent troops to Ukraine; why those troops bombed a hospital, a theater, and … Continue reading
Posted in Discursive Detours
Tagged getting a grip, history, legitimate defense, life issues
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A Star by Any Other Name, and a Galilean Interlude
I started writing about stars, names, designations and how we got to a point where Sirius is also known as BD-16°1591, ADS 5423 and GJ 244. That started me thinking about telescopes, Galileo, Aristotle and Dante. One Star, Many Names: … Continue reading
Posted in Discursive Detours
Tagged astronomy, cosmology, getting a grip, history, science, stars
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Old St. Peter’s, Visigoths and a Henry
St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome isn’t nearly as old as it looks. Architects in ancient Rome often covered large interior spaces with barrel vaults and semicircular arches, although they hadn’t invented either. Someone started using arches and vaults, probably in … Continue reading
Posted in A Tale of Two Churches: St. Peter's, Rome, Series
Tagged architecture, getting a grip, history, politics
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