The Big, Big, Big, Big, Picture – Part 2 So here’s where’s I lay my personal philosophical cards on the table, which may, or may not, inform the reader’s view of the foregoing and subsequent blog posts. But here goes: The search for the beginning, and end, of the universe as we know it is • Read More »
These Meanderings were intended to be about how all the little details of the world are fundamentally interconnected. Somehow it has morphed into explorations of interconnected historical situations, how they impact today, and how they may influence tomorrow – all bigger-picture stuff. I want to go back, eventually, to plan A but, having taken this • Read More »
A thought struck after the last post (and I don’t mean the haunting bugle refrain). The four invasive protagonists directly mentioned – Alexander the Great, the Roman Empire, Genghis Khan, and the Ottoman Empire – had one thing in common, and it’s something they share with others of similarly invasive persuasion. They’re all men. As • Read More »