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Prohibition of alcoholic drinks was attempted in the United States from 1920 to 1933 and was abandoned because it not only failed but caused a huge surge in violent crime and human tragedy.
The War on Drugs was started in 1914 (by an obsessive racist named Harry Anslinger),
Mercury, overtaking Venus, passes only half a degree north of it as seen by us.
Spatial view of the travels of the three inner planets in July, with sightlines from Earth on July 16. Actually the sightlines are at the beginning (0 hour) of the day by Universal Time. The overtaking happens at the end of the day, 23h UT (which is 7 PM by summer clocks in eastern North America. The planets are exaggerated 400 times in size, the Sun 5. The dashed line is the vernal equinox direction, our customary baseline in the celestial sphere. Continue reading “Queen Bee and Drone”
I’ve just added this to the “Eclipse Stories” section Continue reading “Eddington and the angle”
The Moon – like me and like the United States – celebrated its birthday on Continue reading “A lamp to tell you where you are”
Our correspondent Anthony Barreiro has a letter in Continue reading “You can’t boil an astronaut”
Mars becomes stationary on June 30. It has fallen back, as far as it will go, Continue reading “End of a loop”
On Monday June 27 comes the year’s Continue reading “From here on down”
Today the Sun reaches solstitium, Continue reading “Somersaulting toward the Sun”
Here is how Mars, Antares, and Saturn are now grouped as the Moon again comes cruising over them.
There have been many messages expressing regret that Continue reading “Moonlight through Weeds”
