On January 26, 1992, Boris Yeltsin announced that Russia would stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.
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Niels Bohr
“Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.”
—Niels Bohr
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Niels Bohr
There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
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January 25, 1787
On January 25, 1787, Shays’ Rebellion experienced its largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, with four of the rebels dead, and 20 wounded. The rebellion was a key moment in United States history. Daniel Shays and his followers objected to Massachussetts’ high taxes and rampant cronyism. The revolt, which was completely suppressed, led to the adoption of the U.S. Constitution and drawing George Washington from his retirement.
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Townhall: But One Life to Give for My Metro
The DC Metro story is going through its predictable stages of decline and folly. The irrational fanaticism of its supporters is the latest stage.
Click on over to Townhall for an expansion of the story covered here earlier this week. Come back here for the usual extra credit.
- Aaron Wiener in The Washington Post: “Metro’s a mess. All the more reason to ride it”
- Aaron Wiener in The City Paper: “In Deadly Metro Incidents, Lessons Learned (and Not Learned)”
- ABCNews.com: “Smoke-Filled Subway Train Leaves 1 Dead, 84 Hospitalized in Washington”
- Washington Post: “1 dead, dozens hurt after Metro car fills with smoke”
- Washington Post: “Radio communication was nonexistent in smoke-filled Metro tunnel”
- WeLoveDC.com: “NTSB Finds Systemic WMATA Safety Issues From Red Line Crash Investigations”
- Paul Jacob at Townhall: “Profits: A Matter of Life and Death”
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Niels Bohr
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
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Video: Vivisecting Obama’s SOTU
The folks at Cato have something to say about the State of the Union:
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Beaumarchais, Jan 24
On January 24, 1732, French playwright, watchmaker, inventor, musician, diplomat, fugitive, spy, publisher, horticulturalist, arms dealer, satirist, financier, and revolutionary (both French and American) Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was born. He proved instrumental in securing armaments for the America Revolution, but remains best known for his three “Figaro” plays, Le Barbier de Séville, Le Mariage de Figaro, and La Mère coupable.
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Niels Bohr
Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.*
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Stendhal, Jan 23
On January 23, 1783, novelist Marie-Henri Beyle, known by his pen name Stendhal, was born. Stendahl was an avid student of the French liberal philosophical tradition, a follower of Destutt de Tracy and an attendant at the count’s salons. His most famous works include the novel “The Red and the Black” and a treatise on romantic love.
On January 23, 1860, the Cobden–Chevalier Treaty was signed between France and Great Britain. The treaty was named after the two main proponents of the agreement, Richard Cobden (in England) and economist Michel Chevalier (in France). The treaty had been suggested the year earlier, in British Parliament, by Cobden’s colleague John Bright, who saw the measure as a peace measure, and an alternate to a military build-up.