A thought for the day: The global environmental crisis is, as we say in Tennessee, real as rain, and I cannot stand the thought of leaving my children with a degraded earth and a diminished future. -- former U.S. Vice ...Read More

On this date in history:

In 1500, Brazil was discovered by Pedro Alvarez Cabral.

In 1889, about 20,000 homesteaders massed along the border of the Oklahoma Territory, awaiting the signal to start the ...Read More

Those born on this date include:

- Spanish Queen Isabella I, who funded the first voyage of Christopher Columbus to the New World, in 1451
- Pope Alexander VIII in 1610
- British novelist Henry ...Read More

Today is Thursday, April 22, the 112th day of 2021 with 253 to follow.

This is Earth Day.

The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Neptune and Saturn. Evening stars are Mars, Uranus and Venus.

On April 22nd, 1914, Babe Ruth pitched his first professional game.

A thought for the day: former California Gov. Jerry Brown said, Too often I find that the volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases.