Summer begins with “midsummer.” Somehow, that makes perfect historical sense—and almost no logical sense at all. Why did the Romans decide the beginning of summer was actually the middle? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary, “Midsummer Musings,” to follow one curious historical contradiction all the way to solar farms, artificial intelligence, and an unexpected proposal for compromise.
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