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Reposting of earlier blog
Dear readers, For reasons that are not yet clear, a blog post from April 2016 was sent out again to those who subscribe to this blog. I did not do…
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At long last, human origins curator search begins anew at @AMNH
American Museum of Natural History -- Wikimedia Commons It's been about 10 months since the last curator of human origins at the American Mu…
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A "Second Chance" for Harvey Weinstein--Already?
David Shankbone/Wikimedia Commons Last Sunday, according to the New York Times , Harvey Weinstein sent an email to agents and studio executives …
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Michael Moore on Broadway
I've just returned to the USA after 29 years of living in Paris, and my darling New Yorker daughter thought it would help my adjustment if she…
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Farewell, and some farewells, to Paris
As my friends know, after 29 years living in Paris my wife and I are returning to the USA. Actually, it's a return for me; for my English wife…
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Death to the Socialist Party--Long Live Socialism!
Emmanuel Macron/Wikimedia Commons I have been a socialist all of my adult life, although what I mean by that has changed over the years. But a m…
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WHAT IS HERITABILITY, REALLY?
The calculated "heritability" for having two hands is essentially zero. Image: Wikimedia Commons/Leon Brocard In the May issue of Sc…
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RussiaGate is exciting, but don't let it distract from organizing
The revelations of the past week are dramatic and exciting for those who really want to get at the truth about what happened during the 2016 electi…
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Syria, Trump, Clinton, political footballs, and morality
Out of frustration with current discussions about Syria and Trump's bombing of the air field the other day, I posted this comment on the Faceboo…
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Smithsonian mammalogist Kris Helgen, falsely accused but now exonerated of research misconduct, leaves for Australia
Helgen leading his expedition on Mt. Kenya Note: This post will be continually edited as new information and comment become available. Latest de…
Read more![Peter Rathjen: Serial sexual predator, pedophile protector, and manifestation of all that is rotten at the University of Adelaide? [Update July 20, 2020: Rathjen resigns due to "ill health"]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2zZDdkMCZ682nm_jjaMKj10YQlHM_1NXSBgpRCHqJJXltcoS7wFYbh8aYMX_M8EEkiW-gBGZTxuW6icTYY5hrPEDlBalEStHCvh6wWUS6Pl30v6Jhw45a726-uLQKtPE1tuCq9MyXqRV/w680/Rathjen.jpeg)
My book about Neolithic Catalhoyuk in Turkey and the origins of civilization, the paperback edition. For more information about it, please visit MY WEB SITE
- Michael Balter
- I have been a working journalist for more than 40 years, beginning in Los Angeles as an investigative reporter and then in Paris as a travel, food, and science writer. For more than 20 years I have covered anthropology and archaeology writer for Science, Audubon, Scientific American, SAPIENS, and other publications. I have also covered sexual misconduct for The Verge, Scientific American, and others; I write about mental health, especially schizophrenia; and I engage in occasional media criticism. I returned to the USA in October 2017 after 30 years in Paris, and now live in the New York City area, where I currently teach journalism at City College of New York (I previously taught journalism at Boston University and New York University.) For more about me and what I do, copies of my articles, information about my book, and other goodies, please visit MY WEB SITE
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