A ghost in the machine . . .

Wednesday, August 19, 2026, It's Odin's day . . . At 815 a.m. near record heat is in the Green Country forecasts. Moderate Westerlies with more triple digit afternoon temperatures visit TulseyTown's afternoon.

What would the world be like if Christians actually believed in a humble God? – Ilia Delio,
The Humility of God, Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation. 8.13.26

In Trump’s Washington, America’s business leaders show the spinal fortitude of red licorice. – Miles Taylor, “Pick a Side, You Cowards,” Defiance.

The reign of the corporate democrats is coming to an end. – Robert Reich, The Last Stand. Posted for today.

It’s fascinating to watch your parents maintain that the sun rises in the west. – Garrrison Keillor, “Thanks Wisconsin, “The Column,

Today is the birthdate of Gene Roddenberry. The creator of the Star Trek television series was born in 1921 El Paso, Texas.

One of the two aircraft pioneer Wright brothers, Orville Wright, was born in on this date in 1871 Dayton, Ohio.

The humor poet Ogden Nash was born in 1902, Rye, N.Y.

President Bill Clinton is 80 today, born in 1946, Hope, Arkansas.

The French fashion designer Coco Chanel was born on this date in 1883, Saumur, France. She ruled Parisian haute couture for almost six decades.

The “natural language” philosopher Gilbert Ryle was born today in 1900 Brighton, Sussex, England. He challenged what he deemed “the incoherent dogma of Cartesianism” and labeled it as the doctrine of “the ghost-in-the-machine.”

“The door of a bigoted mind opens outwards so that the only result of the pressure of facts upon it is to close it more snugly.” ― Ogden Nash