Queen celebrates 60 years on throne A small crowd greets Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as the monarch marks 60…
Year: 2012
Another Maunder Minimum
Claim: Sunspots to Disappear, Global Cooling May Ensue Claim: Sunspots to Disappear, Global Cooling May Ensue By Matt Peckham |…
Lucian Freuds
From Out of a Featureless Crowd By KAREN WILKIN New York Victoria and Albert Museum, on long-term loan to The National…
Iris Murdoch Remembered
Roman Bonzon http://aesthetics-online.org/ Iris Murdoch, British novelist and philosopher, died on February 8, 1999, in Oxford, England, at the age…
Feb 2, 1887: First Groundhog Day
First Groundhog Day. (2012). The History Channel website. Retrieved 9:18, February 1, 2012, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-groundhog-day. On this day in 1887,…
Oklahoma City Bombing
Oklahoma City bombing. (2012). The History Channel website. Retrieved 5:13, January 30, 2012, from http://www.history.com/topics/oklahoma-city-bombing. Timothy McVeigh, an anti-government militant,…
Little Ice Age Origin
By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News Plants trapped under Iceland’s icecaps store a record of ancient temperatures The…
A 1929 Cartoon
A 1929 Cartoon Explains How ‘Talkies’ Work By Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg http://www.theatlantic.com/video/archive/2012/01/finding-his-voice-1929/251929/ Jan 24 2012, 4:13 PM ET Once…
Pearl Harbor Facts and Issues
The following article is in response to a request by a reader for facts and issues regarding Pearl Harbor. How…
JFK Secret Tapes
January 24, 2012 8:03 AM JFK tapes reveal days before his death By Bill Plante It’s a rare peek into…
