Vacation: Bear On the Trail
The cotton woods are in full shed these weeks along the Snake river riffling through Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Some breezy …
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Vacation: Yellowstone Divide
We are feeling very divided today, crossing the Continental Divide three times in less than an hour — getting to …
Vacation: Time Train
Coming down the slope from the Bozeman pass east to Livingston, Montana, we look around, imagining. Once a shallow, wide …
California GOP Losing Bearings
The good looking Sunday headlines in the SF Chronicle were just a teaser: Aussie Hired by State GOP Embroiled in …
The Six Day War, Some Years Later
The famous “Six Day War” of the Middle East –Israel against its antagoneighbors– has come to its 40th anniversary. The …
Kick Global Warming
Out in Boulder, Colorado, home of dear friends and allies, we see a new phenomenon: a sports team marketing itself …
West Artic Ice Melt and Your Future
James Hansen, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, has been one of the principal, scientifically grounded, voices warning …
Garcia Lorca, Birthday Regards
Federico Garcia Lorca, high in the pantheon of the worlds poets, was born on this day, June 5, in 1898. …
Dem Debate
I missed the debate yesterday, too caught up in a couple of interviews on BookTV and Bill Moyers. (His interview …
Designs for Life
The NY Times Tuesday Science section pointed us to the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Center and a current exhibition called Design …
Cyber Attacks
In a good follow-up to articles several weeks ago about cyber warfare, the NY Times has a lengthy piece about …
Australia: Rain
We’ve posted in earlier months about the severe drought in Australia. Well, hallelujah! Western Australia just got a good soaking. …