With tomorrow’s launch of the Space Shuttle, the age of manned space exploration, after more than 50 years, will officially draw to a close in America. It’s a sad day, and I think that it speaks volumes concerning where we are as a country. The optimism that we once had as a nation is gone. […]
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Turning our backs on space, and ending the American century
Posted in Education, Science Also tagged Afghanistan, anti-intellectualism, big bang, budget cuts, creationism, dumbing down of America, Gene Cernan, Iraq, James Webb Space Telescope, JFK, Jim Lovell, John F. Kennedy, NASA, Neil Armstrong, putting a man on the moon, research funding, space race, tax the rich 16 Comments
On the passing of Gill Scott-Heron
Gill Scott Herron died a few days ago. I was going to commemorate his passing with The Revolution Will Not be Televised, but, seeing as how most of us reading this site are living in SE Michigan, I thought that I’d go with his anti-nuclear power song, We Almost Lost Detroit, which is particularly pertinent […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Observations, Politics Also tagged another famous person has died, bluesology, brilliant troubled musicians, Fukushima Daiichi, Gil Scott-Heron, godfather of rap, Japan, Jazz, manned space flight, NASA, nuclear power, poverty, rap, space shuttle, the moon, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, We Almost Lost Detroit, whitey 8 Comments