Year: 2022

I can’t help but wonder if people worldwide truly understand how close we were to an epic cataclysm. The official institutions, seemingly, could not avoid acknowledging that something has happened; silently, peacefully, and quietly tried to overlook the topic and wait for the public to forget it. Some of the most important astronomers in the area seemed to overlook that massive 2012 Solar Burst.
I cannot help linking it to the Mayan Calendar. Too much of a coincidence.
The space void is immense.

Francis X. Maier: If we Christians who still have the blessings of religious freedom sleep, then the world our grandchildren inherit will be a world increasingly without the Cross, and without the truth.

History is a great teacher.  According to oral tradition, when Emperor Justinian walked into the completed Church of the Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) on December 27, A.D. 537, he stared in silence for a long time at the immense beauty of the basilica he had commissioned before finally whispering, “Solomon, I have surpassed you.”
He was probably right.

Engels Air Force Base has come under two Ukrainian drone attacks this month

Russian air defense has destroyed an unidentified object over Saratov Region, its governor has reported. The district where it happened hosts an air base, which previously came under Ukrainian drone attacks, according to the Russian military.
The engagement over the Engels district was reported on Thursday by Governor Roman Busargin on social media. He urged residents to keep calm. Claims that an evacuation from the city of Engels, the region’s administrative capital, may be needed are false, he said.

LeBron James sounds like a man pondering his future plans.
The Lakers are an abysmal 14-21 and dropped a Wednesday game to the Heat 112-98. Once again, Los Angeles is having an incredibly disappointing season.
Given the lack of success on the court, it sounds like LeBron might be nearing a point where he’s okay with hanging up his shoes.
Is LeBron James nearing the end of his career? (Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images)
Following the 21st loss of the season, the four-time NBA champion told the press, “Playing basketball at this level just to be playing basketball is not in my DNA.

Dartmouth continues to shower New Hampshire in glory. They’ve decided that women and minorities are underrepresented in STEM fields, and the solution is one hundred million in scholarships which, at least for now, are not available to white men.

 

The initiative will include “an undergraduate scholarship program,” “curricular innovation,” and “enhanced career and graduate school advising,” all with the goal of “advanc[ing] STEM participation and leadership of underrepresented groups,” according to the university’s news release.

 
Just a few observations.