My Commonplace Blog

Such massive expansion comes with its problems: in retrospect, it can be difficult to even find out who exactly was involved in a discovery,...

We even have a different name when we teach the physics that emerged after the turn of the twentieth century. We call it modern physics as o...

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the Reverend Thomas Bayes, He is stamping out the frequentists and their incoherent ways, He has raised h...

The Huxleys are remembered as a scientific dynasty, but they are at least as significant as a literary family. They wrote in multiple genres...

Mary still suggested popery for most English people. Indeed, one explanation for the failure to develop a stronger Marian devotional traditi...

'Homemade' begs one question. Whose home? Have you actually seen people's homes? Why should biscuits made at home be better than...

SAUTE POTATOES Do peel the potatoes - unpeeled potatoes are an abomination Do not blanch them let alone boil them Cut them into pieces the s...