Monthly Archives: January 2011

“I have a dream” at Lincoln Memorial

Posted on 01/17/2011 by Mike

“I have a dream” at Lincoln Memorial, originally uploaded by morrowplanet. The Lincoln Memorial in Washington is one of my three or four favorite places on earth. Watching people, not a few with tears in their eyes, stand on the … Continue reading →

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Sagan again

Posted on 01/15/2011 by Mike

Carl Sagan: What an astonishing thing a book is. Across the millennia, an author is speaking clearly and silently inside your head, directly to you. Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each … Continue reading →

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