Happy Belated Birthday, Andrew Carnegie!
Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25, 1835. In “Carnegie, an Intellectual Capitalist,” Scott Holleran says: On his first job as a young teenager, Carnegie …
Holidays & Greetings
Happy Independence Day!!
Happy Independence Day!! I don’t like calling it “July 4th:” July 4th is just a date; Independence Day is a moral-political principle. As Thomas Jefferson …
2010
Happy New Year! I hope you all have a good year ahead, and a year worthy of celebration behind.
A Krauss Christmas
“Shimmy Down the Chimney (Fill Up My Stocking)” by the gorgeous voice of the beautiful Alison Krauss. Merry Christmas and Happy Winter Solstice!! Image from …
Grazing in the Snow, 12-4-09
I took my horse out for a ride in the rare Houston snow (12-4-09, 2:48 PM). Requires QuickTime to view. Merry Christmas!! 🙂
Giving Thanks…
…for a ninth-grade student who said “Students in my class don’t know how to reason.” It is good that he grasps such a thing, and …
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
I hope you all have a fun, festive, feasting day. We deserve it for all the hard work we’ve put in this year — for …
Happy Columbus Day!!
Mr. Scott Powell has a good collection of painting, poetry, historical analysis and general commentary about Columbus on his Website. “Columbus Before the Queen,” by …
“Columbus” by Joaquin Miller
“Christopher Columbus” by Carl von Piloty. Image from Powell History. See also Mr. Powell’s good analysis and commentary on the painting! Behind him lay the …