The disappearance of EgyptAir 804 has made me think a lot about Pan Am Flight 103 and the Syracuse College students killed by terrorists on December 21, 1988. I was in college at the time and more than any other act of terrorism, it impacted me the most. Even more than the Oklahoma City bombing […]
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Selfie
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Atlas Obscuria has published a fascinating story about this picture of an elephant foot of lava — radioactive corium — taken in 1996 at the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site. It takes awhile to get to the selfie explanation, but this is a terrific read. Here’s an excerpt: “…It’s possible to put together clues embedded in […]
The Red Balloon (With Thoughts on the Terrorist Attack in Paris)
After hearing about the terrorist attack in France on November 13, all I could think about was what Pope Francis said about our piecemeal World War III. It was September 13, 2014, and he said this while touring a war memorial in Italy where 100,000 World War I soldiers are buried. “Humanity needs to weep […]