An Engineer Ponders Santa Clause
There are approximately two billion children (persons under 18) in the world. However, since Santa does not usually visit children …
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390 And Rising
A sketch of the founding father of global warming science, Charles Keeling, in today’s NY Times. As a young man …
The Thief and the Dogs by Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt
I wrote last week about an Egyptian novel, Stealth, by Sonallah Ibrahim, which while I liked I felt presented certain …
Humans Overwhelming the Homestead
Grassland butterflies plummet across Europe Europe is facing huge losses in biodiversity as its grassland butterflies have declined by over …
Weather Events and Weather Records
Let’s see: Record Setting Cold in in UK What looks to be the coldest December on record is causing misery for travelers …
Eagles make comeback at Hawk Mountain
As an amateur birder who waited in vain at Hawk Mountain, Pennsylvania one late autumn afternoon to see anything of …
Day Break – A Prison Movie from Iran
Day break refers to the time of day when the guards in a Tehran prison come to the cells of …
The Day I Became a Woman – A Film from Iran
What an unexpected, unusual and brain shaping movie. The Day I Became a Woman is Marzieh Makhmalbaf‘s first film in …
Climate Change – Ravaging Adélie Penguins
In a book review of Fraser’s Penguins we get the bare, scary facts. As with spotted owls or the Abra …
Princesas a Film From Madrid
It’s rare to find ordinary working folks as the subjects of serious, well-done movies and even rarer when those workers …
Gigante: A Movie from Uruguay
It is so rare to see a movie, or read a story, about a big, shy gentle man that Gigante, …
Stealth a Novel by Sonallah Ibrahim, Egypt
Ignorance of Arabic writing in the West might only be exceeded by ignorance of that of any particular nationality in …