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Double Down on Science
Google “Santa Rosa fire,” then click on “images.” Unthinkable, right? Now Google “Ashland, Oregon” and click on the map. Scroll…
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Gratitude
As you read this missive, the planetary clock will have struck 18. Gifts will have been opened. Family will have…
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What Can You do to Head Off Extinction?
Yes, that’s a tall order. We are talking about 7.6 billion human beings and 8.7 million other species, give or…
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Doubling down on our Monument
Who ever thought that a president of the United States would bother to attack us? Who are we anyway? Southern…
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The Hindenburg of Populism
On May 6, 1937, just after 7:00 PM local time, an airship the size of an ocean liner floated gently…
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Why We March
Marching is not about Trump. It’s not about pandas. It’s not about groping or tax returns or even deporting the…
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Burning the White House
The last time the British got really annoyed with us, they burned down the White House. At least the issues…
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Wetting the Bed: a Wake-Up Call
The joy of travel: we stepped out of the tube station at South Kensington. A young man with a fistful…
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Catastrophe: start small
Like you, I have just spent long hours watching and listening as a very strange man has told me that…
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Let Us Now Praise Wolves
Look up at Grizzly Peak. In June, a wolf killed at least two goats and a sheep just across that…
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The Missing Story Line
Baton Rouge is under water. A huge swath of San Bernardino County is on fire. Your morning paper, the TV…
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Decency matters. So does wine.
It’s the best of times and the worst of times. As usual. Among prominent contenders for the presidency of our…
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Local Man’s Head Explodes, Science Blamed
If my head exploded in front of a United States senator, would he notice? OK, there might be some hyperbole…
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Getting It Right In Paris
As we pulled our wheeled bags down Rue de Cardinal Lemoine toward the Metro station last Sunday, leaving Paris, I…
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Rocks and Twitter: Tools for the Times
A screaming Vietnamese child, her burned clothes torn away, runs along a rural highway toward a photographer. Flash forward: the…
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Playing it safe: not a survival strategy Butch and Sundance stand at the top of a cliff. Far below, a…
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