National Air and Space Museum Dulles
Notes on visit to National Air and Space Museum at Dulles
Author: Robert Hamill
NY City Weekend
Chris, Carol, and I made a long weekend at the end of April 1985 in New York City.
Writing Class
"Story" is the events in the narrative, while "plot" is the logical and emotional relationships between the events.
This Pen for Hire
It's a good living, even during this Great Recession. It will remain so as long as politicians want to appear as benefactors when they're actually predators.
In the Year 2525
The cicadas last appeared in 2004 and return every 17 years. Halley's Comet last appeared in 1986 and returns every 76 years. In what year must man be alive to hear the cicadas and see…
Limits of Working Memory – Book Notes
Working Memory is limited - 7 items plus or minus 2. It can be extended by training. Requires mental exercise that strains attention
War Powers Act
A law that is ignored by presidents, unenforced by Congress, and left fallow by the Supreme Court.
Meaning, Political Decision
What does it mean when someone claims that it was a political decision? That the power of one group is used to convince another group to go along with a decision that the second group…