December 6, 1917 dawned clear and sunny in Halifax. Before darkness fell, more than a thousand people would die, with another thousand to follow. Nine thousand more would be injured and maimed in the biggest man-made explosion the world had ever seen.

I like days when I learn something -- I never knew about this before. It doesn't have the enigmatic nature of Tunguska, but it does have the human aspect, which makes it much sadder and much more compelling.... And it does explain why Boston gets a tree each year from the pristine and divine countryside that is Nova Scotia.
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( Mar. 21st, 2005 06:47 pm)
Thoughts on Terri Schiavo, from someone who met her.

I'm of more than a few minds on the whole issue. Er, issues, really, because there's plenty being brought up here. There's the right to die. There's the government's authority and fervent willingness to intervene in a euthenasia scenario. There's the questionable (nonexistent?) documentation. There's the idea that, in lack of such documentation, that there is a moral obligation to default to life. There's the next-of-kin spouse versus "blood" relatives aspect. There are more than enough angles from which to approach this abysmal situation and there's an absolute certainty that no one is going to win, least of all her.
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