Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist and director of the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. He is often called the “father of the atomic bomb,” an historical figure whose name has gained greater public awareness with the release of this summer’s blockbuster movie. Oppenheimer was something of a boy genius, […]
Chris Christie: spoiling for a fight
Chris Christie, contender for the Presidential nominee of the Republican Party in the 2024 election cycle, is spoiling for a fight. And not just in the contest for Republican Presidential nominee. On July 13 he told Piers Morgan in an interview that he could even take Donald Trump in a real UFC-style fight, and “I’d […]
Bernie Madoff, Crown Prince of Ponzi
The name of Bernie Madoff is now inextricably linked to the largest financial fraud in history. At its peak the massive Ponzi scheme, wherein Madoff claimed through fictitious reports that the $18 billion contributed by investors had enjoyed handsome annual returns though shrewd investments, had a paper worth of a staggering $64 billion. When the […]
Leonardo da Vinci: polymath for the ages
Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance, a highly-skilled architect, draughtsman, engineer, painter, scientist, sculptor, and theorist. Although he initially acquired fame as a painter, he later became known for his notebooks, in which he made drawings and notes on a wide range of topics, including anatomy, astronomy, botany, cartography, painting, and […]
Vladimir Putin: the spy who came home with the gol...
When most astrologers look at Vladimir Putin’s chart and see Venus rising in Libra opposite Jupiter in the 7th house, they say, no, that can’t be right. In fact, I recently read an article in which an astrologer suggested at the outset that it was incongruous that such a configuration, with its implications of art, […]