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Human Habitat: Restoration Not Just ‘For the Birds’
Nature lovers know that scientists who study the health of bird populations and their habitats in the San Francisco...
Worst Day, Redux: America’s Mass Shooting Epidemic
In the early afternoon of April 17, 2025, I received what to date has been the worst message ever...
Hypocritical Hijinks: Deceit Over Decency
Donald Trump to Iran’s leaders who are cracking down on protesters: “You better not start shooting, because we’ll start...
Where Is the Line? Time to Choose a Side.
I have a question I never imagined I’d have to ask in the United States. Not, “Are you worried...
The Yin and Yang of It: Nothing is Ever Just Black and White
The world is made of opposites Combined in different forms, For things to be otherwise Would violate all sensible...
All That Jazz: In Praise of a Uniquely American Idiom
I have my mother—the beatnik, alcoholic artist and reader of poetry—to thank for my deep appreciation of jazz.
And I...
