“….A great nation is like a great man:

When he makes a mistake, he realizes it.

Having realized it, he admits it.

Having admitted it, he corrects it.

He considers those who point out his faults as his most benevolent teachers.  He thinks of his enemy as the shadow that he himself casts.”  Tao Te Ching

Superstition and fear has been the ancient world’s response to such an eclipse as we had yesterday in the United States.  This important solar eclipse wiped across most of the United States and the country exhibited “eclipse fever”.  It is an awesome sight and it reminds us all of the control nature has over us.  There is nothing we can do to slow or stop an eclipse.  Just as night follows day, the laws of the heavens guide us here on earth.

One of the interesting things about eclipses, especially a full solar eclipse, …