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The first UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting held in South Korea wrapped up Wednesday after a 10-day session that added 25 new sites to the global heritage list. [...]
New U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Michelle Steel is set to arrive in Seoul on Thursday, becoming the first U.S. envoy to assume the post since President Donald Trump returned [...]
Hurricane Genevieve weakened back down to Category 2 strength Wednesday as it moved farther west of Baja California, the NHC said. [...]
A Federal Reserve committee left key interest rates steady Wednesday, and the Dow dropping 1,100 points in response to remarks by Fed Chairman Warsh. [...]
The number of suspected cyclosporiasis cases in the United States has risen to more than 18,000, with more than 6,700 lab-confirmed cases since May 1. [...]
This illustration depicts charged particles from a solar storm stripping away charged particles of Mars' atmosphere, one of the processes of Martian atmosphere loss studied by NASA's MAVEN mission. [...]
NASA astronaut Chris Williams is seen outside the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft after he landed with Expedition 74 Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev in a remote area near the [...]
From left, Expedition 74 flight engineers Anna Kikina and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, and Anil Menon of NASA pose for a portrait while holding a cake celebrating their recent arrival [...]
Crews at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans transport the 130-foot-tall liquid hydrogen tank out of a production cell inside the main factory building into a detached test building on [...]
Messier 94 is a spiral galaxy with a bright inner ring around it, called a starburst ring, where new stars are forming. [...]
• Fox-Dominion trial delay 'is not unusual,' judge says • Fox News' defamation battle isn't stopping Trump's election lies [...]
The judge just announced in court that a settlement has been reached in the historic defamation case between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems. [...]
A settlement has been reached in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case against Fox News, the judge for the case announced. The network will pay more than $787 million to Dominion, [...]
Category Archives: writing
Just, For the Record…
Now, this will make sense to about three people, again, and I might be off the mark — but I doubt it — so listen and listen clearly: I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, … Continue reading
Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde — and Cocaine
We all learn the Robert Louis Stevenson story of the good Doctor Jekyll fairly early on, and it’s been reused countless times in print and in cinema (Jerry Lewis or Eddie Murphy?) but a lot of people don’t know its … Continue reading
Donation Page Now Open
Yes, you can now donate to me and keep me in booze, prostitutes, crap tables, the site running, and so on…let Ralph Williams explain, as he does on my donation page:
Jean-Paul Sartre on the Topic of Hell
Hey, this is guaranteed to cheer you up.
_The Outsider_ by Stephen King: Quick Review
The Outsider was released in 2018, but given COVID, writer’s strikes, Trump freakiness, and all that, like the rest of current culture, it’s sort of delayed — I picked it up in 2023, for instance (still a delayed review). Wish … Continue reading
Existential Questions
This will only make sense to a few of you, but I’ve been asking myself lately, would I be happier if I was the kind of guy who employed cliff divers? And the answer is no. Wherever you go, there … Continue reading
_THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW_ by Washington Irving
Here you go. For free, from Gutenberg, with Halloween coming up in New England…enjoy. The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other … Continue reading
The Constitution of the United States of America
Courtesy of Senate.gov and can be found here with links to annotations:https://www.senate.gov/about/origins-foundations/senate-and-constitution/constitution.htm Original Text Preamble We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, … Continue reading
A KipLange.com Bulletin Board
I am currently running an experiment in a bulletin board (using phpBB) at https://kiplange.com/bb/. Or https://kiplange.com/bb/index.php if that last link doesn’t work. You’re welcome to take a look at it while I work at it and even try your hand … Continue reading
