by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 9, 2023 | History, Humanities, Important People
This is interesting and I learned something about someone I had never heard of before, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. 8 Child Prodigies Who Changed the World These whiz kids quickly dispensed with the training wheels before zooming to the top of their respective...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 9, 2017 | Important People, Reason & Rational Thinking, Religion
The Four Horsemen of Atheism: Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens & Sam...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 25, 2017 | • Politics, Anti-Semitism, Important People, Racism
Elle Reeve (@elspethreeve) is one kool calm intelligent rational bad ass journalist… Woman Crush Wednesday: ‘VICE News Tonight’ Correspondent Elle Reeve Is The Fearless Reporter We Need Last week was a crazy and difficult week for many Americans...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 25, 2017 | Books, Culture, Humanities, Important People
While he has always been a recluse I am still saddened to learn we no longer have Robert M. Pirsig...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 29, 2016 | Important People
Leia Organa: A Critical Obituary Leia Organa, the politician and revolutionary who led the defeat of the Galactic Empire, died after a short illness. She was 60 years old. Hers was a life laced with controversy concerning everything from her tactics to her very...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 28, 2016 | Important People
? pic.twitter.com/nBwfftaes0 — Cynthia Erivo (@CynthiaEriVo) December 29,...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 28, 2016 | Important People
Its sad thinking that when I heard she had this heart attack I had visions of her sitting on stage with Stephen Colbert this spring telling him hysterical stories about that time around Christmas when she had a heart attack on a plane. This is what melancholy feels...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 7, 2016 | Important People
Noam Chomsky is 88 years old today. Happy Birthday Noam. The film “Requiem For The American Dream” — slated to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival — might be the most relevant given social and economic landscape of the moment. It is also available on...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 30, 2016 | Important People, Terrorism
U.S. Intelligence Expert Malcolm Nance, (Malcolm Wrightson Nance) is man well worth following (@MalcolmNance) and listening to. His website, TAPSTRI – The Terror Asymmetrics Project on Strategy, Tactics & Radical Ideology is a valuable collection of articles on...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 11, 2016 | Important People, Science
While mentally ill Nicola Tesla was truly one of the historical giants in science. But I am bothered by the science fiction bullshit and woo being heaped on or credited to him. The Oatmeal (FaceBook and Instagram) a humor website was very active in raising funds for...