The slow blogging has been very slow lately, due to a series of deadlines, voyages, and distractions, not to mention a rethink about what this blog s…
Read moreMy good friend Alice Greenfield McGrath died yesterday, age 92. A fighter against injustice all her life, she is probably best known as the model for…
Read moreWhenever issues of alleged "morality" are being discussed, the Catholic Church seems to be front and center: Abortion, birth control, homos…
Read moreEarly next week, according to all the news reports we have seen, President Obama will announce a major escalation of troop numbers in Afghanistan. Th…
Read moreIf you are in the vicinity of Brunswick, Maine on Monday, I will be speaking at Bowdoin College on the topic of "What Made Humans Modern: The Or…
Read moreHello to all, I've spent the week in Our National's Capital having meetings, lunches and dinners with some of science journalism's finest…
Read moreThose who receive this blog by direct email will find the previous post empty, because the photos of this dolphin slaughter in Denmark did not come t…
Read moreAmericans have choices about how they react to the terrible, tragic massacre that took place yesterday. They can simply condemn it and feel morally s…
Read moreNational Geographic has just published a special issue on The Holy Land, with a lead off essay by yours truly, entitled "In the Beginning.&qu…
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