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Climate change is taking rice-growing areas above the temperature at which it will grow, but and evolution isn’t keeping pace. CC-licensed photo by Toshiyuki IMAI on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. …...
Malcolm X, likely at a welcoming event for the African-American Students Foundation in 1959 or 1960 Whoever heard of a revolution where they lock arms, singing 'We Shall Overcome'? You don't do that in a revolution. You don't do any...
This image is a view of Lowlands University from “A Very Peculiar Practice” by Andrew Davies. The show is now … Continue reading →
Taking it to the edge.
Whole sections of bookstores are dedicated to becoming successful. The shelves are packed with titles like The Science of Getting Rich and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. There is no section marked “Managing Your Professional...
I finished reading Omar El Akkad’s post-apocalyptic novel American War (Vintage Books, 2017) this week. Rather than write about its brilliance, I’ll quote from the narrator’s portentous prologue. My favorite postcards are from the 2030s...
Leave the kingdom of Shouldand settle in the land of Not Knowing,where the wise have broken their wine cups stumbling, falling in astonished laughter.Where pairs of opposites grow on a single vine and lovers squeeze amrit from thorns. Be...
On a Friday in May we went to Aachen to see Steve Hackett. I have been a Genesis fan since my early teens. So it was kind of a wish come true to witness the music of the golden prog-rock era come to life on a stage. And, boy, did they...
“Batty’s the name private investigations are my game.”In SF each street is an invitation to danger. The night has a thousand eyes, mine are private. I’m the star in my own film noir. San Francisco by night, March, 2018
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