Studs Terkel, RIP
America has lost its greatest chronicler and oral historian. Please take some time and listen to Stud Terkel's radio programs on his Web site . I…
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Sorting out the bears
In today's issue of Science , I write about two papers--one published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , the oth…
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Sarah Palin's fruit flies
John McCain has displayed spectacular ignorance of science during this election campaign, first when he ridiculed spending on understanding bear gene…
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Sunny Sunday in New York
It's pouring rain today in Manhattan, where I am having a little down time with my family, but Sunday was picture perfect. This blog does like to…
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John McCain: Redistributionist par excellence
Could there be a bigger joke than John McCain calling Barack Obama the " Redistributionist -in-Chief? " This is the guy who has voted again…
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Don't even think about trying to steal this election
I am sure most readers of this blog have read the numerous news stories about problems with voter registration lists, voting machines, etc. that are …
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Racists for Obama
Frank Rich's column in today's New York Times is mandatory reading for anyone who wants to understand why McCain is going to lose this elec…
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Ashley Todd: The racism in the race
It's going to be interesting to see how this story plays out over the next few days. Did anyone in the McCain campaign, even at a lower level, pu…
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Obama endorsement stampede
I'm worried that someone is going to get hurt as Republicans rush to be among the first in their party to endorse Obama. Since Colin Powell gave …
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Obama's grandmother
It was inevitable that the pundits would weigh the "risks" and "benefits" of Obama taking time out to visit his gravely ill grand…
Read more![The truth at last, or at least some of it, about Peter Rathjen, the U of Adelaide, the U of Melbourne, the U of Tasmania, etc. [Updated Sept 3, 2020: University of Melbourne "leader" finally speaks]](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NtaT0gwizlA/X0YoPAu3_nI/AAAAAAAAK0U/HMTuK0240ssttw105h75kgbWbSaXS2v4wCNcBGAsYHQ/w680/Rathjen.jpg)
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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