by Colin Harris | Jul 19, 2022 | Opinion
Immanuel Kant was one of the influential voices in what we now call the “Enlightenment.” In that period, mostly during the 18th century, the confluence of scientific discovery and philosophical inquiry ushered in what we now consider to be the modern age. Kant was...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 28, 2021 | Opinion
I’ve been thinking a lot about breathing lately. How could I not? When George Floyd lay dying with a policeman’s knee on his neck, video recorded him as pleading, time and again, “I can’t breathe!” And he was telling the truth. He couldn’t breathe, and he died. In...
by Jennifer Harris Dault | Feb 2, 2010 | Opinion
A new study from NASA reports that 2009 is tied as the second warmest year since modern recording began in 1880, falling a fraction of a degree behind 2005. The study, conducted by NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), also indicates 2000-09 was the...
by Robert Rhodes | Feb 6, 2003 | Opinion
Since before the time of Magellan, many who have sailed in the shadow of the unknown have lost their lives, going unheralded and forgotten except by a few. Even if we remain blithely unaware of them in this distractable age, the Magellans of today are the men and...
