Digitized home movies are stirring memories of things I’d forgotten, while a random genealogy search uncovered something much bigger: my uncle’s witness statement about a B-24 bomber lost over Germany in World War II.
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The Unanimous Declaration
In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which Read More
Back to Now: My Case Against Time Travel
Time travel sounds thrilling—until you start thinking about paradoxes, pandemics, and unintended consequences. For this week’s WWBC, I explore why I’m actually glad it’s fictional, from alternate timelines to germ theory and everything that could go very, very wrong.
Back to Then: My Case for Time Travel
In this Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge post, I imagine time travel made real—not to change history, but to witness it. From ancient burials to wartime Europe, the dream collides with the risks, paradoxes, and unintended consequences of stepping outside our century.
A Rough Week
Reflecting this week on political violence.