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Started in St Louis

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On July 27th I began a series on common logical fallacies. Each entry provides a brief description and a couple of examples. Here are all the posts: Fallacies of irrelevant conclusion Argument to the person, 27 July 2019. Argument to popularity, 27 July 2019. Argument to ignorance, 28 July 2019. Argument to pity, 28 July 2019. Argument to awe, 2 August 2019. Argument to force, 2 August 2019. Red herring, 4 August 2019. Material fallacies Argument by accident (overgeneralizing), 5 August 2019. Converse...

Here's the semi-annual Chicago sunrise chart. (You can get one for your own location at http://www.wx-now.com/Sunrise/SunriseChart.aspx.) Date Significance Sunrise Sunset Daylight 4 Jul 8:30pm sunset 05:21 20:30 15:08 16 Jul 5:30am sunrise 05:30 20:24 14:54 9 Aug 8pm sunset 05:53 20:00 14:07 16 Aug 6am sunrise 06:00 19:50 13:50 29 Aug 7:30pm sunset 06:14 19:30 13:16 14 Sep 6:30am sunrise 06:30 19:02 12:32 16 Sep 7pm sunset 06:32 18:59 12:27 23 Sep Equinox, 02:50 CDT 06:39 18:47 12:07 26 Sep 12-hour day...