History Hound Travels

I have an announcement to make, about the future, instead of the past! I’m organizing and participating in The Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk for my little town. On October 13, I am going to be walking to make a difference! You can join me if you happen to be a local reader, but if you live a bit to far away, then I can still use your money

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Did you guys see this? After the recent issues NASA has had, I consider this safe landing to be a historical event.

Did you catch that little bit about 195 days in space? That’s just amazing from a sheer logistical perspective. The man had to eat. If he ate, he had to go, if he went, he had to wipe. 195 days. And I think I am doing well to plan a couple days ahead.

H/T: Jules

I wanted to share this news clip about a new museum in Kentucky. Scientists are outraged over it, and it’s evidently causing quite a stir.

I think it’s no shock to any of you who’ve read this blog for any length of time that I believe in Creationism. But that doesn’t make me less scientific than other people. In fact, my premise is that neither evolution nor creation can be proven, and that both therefore remain theories. All comments to the contrary are simply rhetoric. I learned in school how to apply the “scientific method” to questions. In order for a hypothesis to be scientifically provable, it must be repeatable and observable. Well, we can’t cause evolution OR creation to happen. We can’t “do it again” in the lab. Therefore, both are theories.

I guess I got off on a little tangent there, didn’t I? Still it’s good to know the mind set I’m coming from as a historian, isn’t it? I believe in creation, because I believe in creation, not because I can prove it. People who believe in evolution are the same, whether or not they will admit it. And the belief you have there, totally affects how you view early history.

I’m going to talk about the present today. Yes, we’ll get back to Babylon as I promised, but the past can wait just a bit longer, because the historic implications of what happened today are huge. Today, hordes of illegal immigrants and their supporters marched to demand the right to stay here in the United States. Let’s say that one more time: criminals marched demanding that their crimes be ignored and/or sanctioned.

No matter which side of the illegal immigration debate you are on, that is a major event. Only in America! You know why they want to be here?? Money is the easy answer, but it’s not the only one. I’m betting for many, it’s freedom. And that’s part of why I love this country.