Short Takes
On this day in 1809 Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were born. During their lives and after, it would be hard to find two men who generated such total polarization in the world. Heroes to some and the devil incarnate to others.
Remember all the warnings about pilots being blinded by lasers? Gee, I guess some might be skeptical of NORAD’s plan to use lasers to notify pilots that they are entering restricted airspace around Washington.