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The Mathematics of Heads or Tails
On Dec. 27, 1654, Jacob Bernoulli was born in Basel, Switzerland. The Bernoulli family had a remarkable influence on mathematics.
Boxing Day Beginnings
Boxing Day, December 26, is, like the American Black Friday, now a day for shopping, sales, and an extension of the Christmas holiday; it has a much more heartening beginning.
Is There Really a War on Christmas?
For those who insist that there is a war on Christmas, I want to insert my puny two-cents-worth into the debate. I, for one, don't believe there is such a war, and for those who think so, let me ask a few questions. Do you really believe there is a ...
A Founding Father of American Medicine
On Dec. 24, 1745, Benjamin Rush was born outside of Philadelphia; he became America’s eminent physician and “the father of American psychiatry.”
The Value of Penmanship
On Dec. 22, 1860, Austin Norman Palmer was born in St. Lawrence County, New York; he built a business based on his method of penmanship.
His Independence Formed a Foundation for Liberty
On Dec. 21, 1603, Roger Williams was born London. His independent spirit and attitude was too much for Puritan Massachusetts, and he established Providence Plantation (Rhode Island) as a place of religious freedom.
Fighting For Peace
On Dec. 20, 1841, Ferdinand Buisson was born in Paris, France. Founder of the League for Human Rights, he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1926 for his work in education and protection of human rights.
Revolution
Listen! Did you hear that? I knew I heard something other than the anguish associated with this tragedy, and if you listen closely, you can hear it too. With the atrocities perpetrated upon such innocence in Newtown, Connecticut, I heard what everybody else heard as the news unfolded that day. ...
Father and Sons
On Dec. 19, 1899, Martin Luther King Sr. was born in Stockbridge, Ga. As pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta he was an early leader in the American civil rights movement.
Merry Christmas from your Furry Friends at Moore Humane
Merry Christmas from your Furry Friends at Moore Humane
All we want for Christmas is... a warm, safe home, a soft cushy bed, and a big chewy bone." "All we want for Christmas is... to snuggle next to you, lick your face, and we promise not to chew your shoe" "All we want for Christmas is... a yard to ...
Dear Santa from your friend Taska
Dear Santa from your friend Taska
Dear Santa: My name is Taska. I have been living at the Moore Humane Society. Although they take very good care of me, I would like to ask you for a family this Christmas. I am an adult female brown/white hound mix. I am so, so sweet but I am ...
The Impact of Newtown is Here
This is a story of just one school, one brief moment at that school earlier today. The school is Pinehurst Elementary. Normally in the mornings, there is a Pinehurst officer on Dundee Road directing the knot of traffic that forms there as parents pull in to drop off their students ...
A Stray Discovery
On Dec. 18, 1888, as cowboys Richard Wetherill and Charlie Mason were gathering strays in Colorado, they discovered the abandoned cliff dwellings that came to be know as the Cliff Palace.
My loyal Friend for 14 years and counting!!
14 years ago I was made aware of a litter of Black Labs as a place to find a mate for our Jessie, a Golder Retriever mix. After an hour in that back yard, there was no doubt which one was going home with me. It was one of the ...
First Flight Recorded
On Dec. 17, 1903, Orville Wright flew the first flight of a “powered, heavier-than-air machine that achieved controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard.”
An Engineer of Towering Achievement
On Dec. 15, 1832, Gustave Eiffel was born in Dijon, France. He designed the Statue of Liberty as well as the eponymous Tower in Paris.
A Tragedy Too Real to Believe
Words... where are the words? How do you look at something like the school shooting in Connecticut and have the right words to express what's in my heart, the tears on the keyboard, the pain in my head? These mass shootings never get easier. Schools, movie theaters, shopping malls, parking ...
Gun Control: Learning the Hard Way, Today
For anybody who is still adamant about the "right to bear arms"...glue yourselves to CNN today. Death toll in the horrendous Connecticut school shooting not confirmed...looks like more than 20, half of them children. The "people kill, not guns" argument rings hollow. Try it on parents of these dead kids. ...
No Men on the Moon
On Dec. 14, 1972, at 5:55 p.m. EST, the Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt lifted off from the surface of the Moon. They were last humans to walk on the surface.
Sargent York, America's Reluctant Hero
On Dec. 13, 1887, Alvin Cullum York was born near Pall Mall, Tenn. He was initially a conscientious objector to the draft in World War I, yet went on to win the Medal of Honor.
