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Favorite The Great Midwest Flood of 1913

Posted on Tuesday, 24 March 2020 by Mark ThomasJuly 28, 2020

Easter Sunday, March 23, 1913, is generally considered to mark the beginning of a five-day period during which the Ohio River and its major tributaries overflowed their banks, causing cataclysmic flooding across its entire watershed. When the local waters began … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Uncategorized | Tagged Environmental disasters

2014 – A year of strange bedfellows

Posted on Friday, 3 January 2014 by Mark ThomasNovember 19, 2018

2014 – A year of strange bedfellows My first post for the new year is also the first I’ve made for nearly two months. Work, life, and in particular, three college courses I only yesterday completed have robbed me of … Continue reading →

Posted in Political History, Uncategorized

Favorite Sputnik moments in the age of education reform

Posted on Friday, 4 October 2013 by Mark ThomasJuly 28, 2020

Sputnik moments On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the first manned space satellite, Sputnik 1. Though then President Dwight Eisenhower knew well in advance of the impending event, his calculations as to the American public’s response to Sputnik … Continue reading →

Posted in Exploration, Government | Tagged cold war, education, space race, Sputnik

Economic Interpretations of the Constitution

Posted on Friday, 20 September 2013 by Mark ThomasSeptember 22, 2018

Products of their times In my own odd duck way, I’m enjoying reading two related classics on the economic factors that may or may not have influenced the construction of the U.S. Constitution. Initially intended as a bit of catching … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy | Tagged economics, US Constitution, us government

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