Memorandums from Mary

Saturday, August 17, 2024

Ye Olde Story of Autocrats

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Henry V (Kenneth Branagh) encourages his troops to conquer France, in the 1989 movie based on the Shakespeare play  Henry V. I recently read...
Friday, July 26, 2024

Anglo-Saxon Supremacy vs Democracy

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A Huguenot father urges his son to be quiet during the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre of 1572.* In 1685, 200,000 French Huguenots fled Franc...
Friday, July 5, 2024

Hating What You Can’t Control

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The two Art Deco sculptures that adorned the iconic Bonwit Teller building from 1929 until 1980. Those who don’t value art and science are d...
Sunday, June 23, 2024

Must Knowledge Lead to Progress? Part Two

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Dr. Charles Forbin (Eric Braeden) with the access terminal to his supercomputer, Colossus, in 1970’s Colossus: The Forbin Project. Geoffrey ...
Thursday, June 13, 2024

Must Knowledge Lead to Progress? Part One

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Frankenstein Unbound, by Brian Aldiss Author and Anthology Editor Brian W. Aldiss, as well as his companion novels— Frankenstein Unbound (...
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