After a long delay, the Annals of Science at McSweeney's are back with Volume XII. In fact, I've been off-line for several days (what a world out there, you should see it) and only now saw that it was up: "Galileo Was Right About the Stars".
So, if you were looking for a small write-up with an over-reliance (some might say juvenile fixation) on Italian names, and one that held Galileo, Jesuits, Maffeo Barberini, Spanish anti-papal cabals, and weather commentary together, then this is your lucky day.
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