Years and Years of Popular Science and Popular Mechanics, Free and Online

In all their glorious beauty, well over a century of Popular Science and Popular Mechanics covers.  And all the pages following the covers, too. It always seemed like the covers were the main thing–blimps, subs, nuclear-powered trains, rotating houses, and all sorts of wonders that we would soon experience. Truly, these things make me wish… Continue reading Years and Years of Popular Science and Popular Mechanics, Free and Online

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What Is “Intercommunal”? My Vote: “Tribal”

Reading the new paywalled New York Times today, I saw an article, pictured above, about violence in the Ivory Coast. That word, intercommunal, leapt out at me.  Wha?  Huh? The dictionary just says the predicable–“that which exists between communities.”  Well, yeah.  Duh.  But what is it really? My guess is that this is the newest,… Continue reading What Is “Intercommunal”? My Vote: “Tribal”

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