Month: March 2020

Written by petervickery

The Idiocy of the Crowd

March 25, 2020:- “For generations there has been no better illustration of the idiocy of the crowd than the story of the English calendar riots of 1752.” So begins the article by Robert Poole titled “Give Us Our Eleven Days!” Calendar Reform in Eighteenth Century England, Past and Present No. 149 (Nov. 1995) pp. 95-139.  […]

Written by petervickery

Message to Sen. Elizabeth Warren

March 5, 2020:-  Here is the text of the message I just sent to one of the two Senators who represent the people of Massachusetts (including me) in the U.S. Senate, Senator Elizabeth Warren, who has taught and practiced law. Dear Senator Warren: I have watched and listened to the video in which Senator Chuck […]