The Public "I"

  I want to explain the political term, "fire brand". The original definition was a piece of kindling, a bit of burning wood used ...

  I think it a profound that all telescopes involve mirrors. In 1846 this idea was stumbled upon by the obsessive-compulsive painter Alvin G...

   I agree with William Plummer’s 1803 assessment of John Randolph of Roanoke, Virginia; “I admire his ingenuity and address, but I dislike ...