by Morning Reflections | Jul 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
“If you could live forever, would you want to, and why?”That’s the question that the host of the 1994 Miss USA competition posed to Miss Alabama, Heather Whitestone. She memorably replied, “I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if...
by Morning Reflections | Jul 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
In 2004, a 15-year-old student turned an extra credit project into a national movement. California high schooler Shauna Fleming was unsettled when she heard a news report that American military personnel serving overseas were feeling unappreciated on the home front. ...
by Morning Reflections | Jul 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
On July 14, 1789, a Parisian street mob stormed the Bastille, a state prison that symbolized the oppressive regime of King Louis XVI. Today is Bastille Day, the French version of America’s Fourth of July. It commemorates the beginning of the French Revolution. The...
by Morning Reflections | Jul 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
For more than 4,000 years, on three different continents, many of the smartest people in the world pursued a dream. They yearned to turn ordinary junk into treasure. It was the dream of alchemy. Through a combination of research, magic, and laboratory...
by Morning Reflections | Jul 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
It’s back. It’s time for America’s annual mid-summer obsession with sharks. NatGeo’s Sharkfest, a four-week celebration of the fearsome eating machines, kicked off two nights ago. The Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, which begins on July 24,...
