Craig Manson at GeneaBlogie has a new and interesting project, the Historical Appellate Review Project: You’ve heard the story that Great-Uncle Festus was a no-good horse thief. But was he really? Did he get a fair trial? Did he have a good lawyer or even a lawyer at all? Can his name be cleared all…
Scientific Illiteracy—Sad
Only about a third of Americans believe that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution is a scientific theory that has been well supported by the evidence, while just as many say that it is just one of many theories and has not been supported by the evidence. The rest say they don’t know enough to say….
The Good Life
From the website of the Positive Psychology Center comes some interesting insights on the Good Life: Some of the findings of positive psychology seem like common sense. Does this add anything to what we already know about the good life? It is easy to claim something is obvious after the evidence is in. It is…
Grandma
My grandmother Vivian Luce Swanstrom would have been 106 today. I remember her fondly every year on her birthday.
The Bloggers T-shirt
A new t-shirt for bloggers from my old favorite, Despair.com: