Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
I have to confess that I was a little "buffaloed" by the story of the school district in Delaware which (mercifully) came to a settlement in litigation concerning religious expression in schools. One line, however, caught my special attention: Mrs. Dobrich’s decision to leave her hometown and seek legal help was made after a school …
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Joyce Reingold's piece on the Everglades Club employee who is suing for discrimination that led to rape brings to mind what is, for me, one of the biggest changes I have experienced from growing up at a church like Bethesda-by-the-Sea to the one I work for: one's relationship with minorities, some of which work at …
South Floridian Travis Johnson, from Perry Noble via Toby Morgan, let us know the following: We can’t get to where we’re going until we first admit where we are. This quotation--and the way he got to it--reminds me of something that happened to my father many years ago while trying to run our family business …
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In the middle of this political year, let's take a break and look at something really important: high speed police car chases. How can we avoid them? One solution from South Florida is shown below. This of course is a Ford Pinto, used by Old Port Cove (near West Palm Beach, FL) as a patrol …
The town of Palm Beach does indeed have a lot to be thankful for, as investment manager Robert Harvey steered them clear of one subprime meltdown: Independent money manager Robert Harvey, of Palm Beach, will receive kudos at the Town Council meeting for his vigilance about the risk to $51 million the town had invested …
I've documented some of Ann Coulter's voting problems in Palm Beach here and here. Now Rush Limbaugh can't quite get the hang of it: On his syndicated talk show this afternoon, Limbaugh said he was trying to vote in today’s primary when the screen seemed to freeze or “stick” on the list of presidential candidates. …
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The complaint from within the Church of England that it's hard to find a Bible in an Anglican church strikes me as odd, Henry VIII's decree of having one in every church notwithstanding. Since the complaint originated with Tim Cox, from Blackpool, one of England's more visited resorts, it's fitting to respond with a reminiscence …
It should come as no surprise that the message from South Florida Episcopal Bishiop Leo Frade to orthodox Anglicans is simple: It was with great sadness that I concluded I had no other choice but to vote to move to inhibit two of my brothers (Episcopal bishops of Pittsburgh and San Joaquin) who have betrayed …
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Dave Lindorff's article Global Warming Will Save America from the Right...Eventually is ridiculous on a number of counts (leaving out the whole debate of the existence and pace of global warming): One of the first victims of sea rise would be South Florida, certainly a bastion of left-wing life and politics. Perhaps it's not an …
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But the wreath on the bridge isn't bad either... For this boat, Christmas had been especially exciting since it almost went to the bottom the previous summer.
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