Interstellar: Movie directed by Christopher Nolan (2014). Interstellar appeals to a bizarre and destructive myth that human beings are special. We are explorers, the story goes, with dreams and souls too big for just one lousy planet orbiting an average…
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Gravity: Movie directed by Alfonso Cuaron (2014). Film is the perfect medium to capture the quality of being disoriented and untethered. Sure, it could be described in words, in a short story or novel, but neither would have me holding…
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The Road: Book by Cormac McCarthy (2006), movie directed by John Hillcoat (2009). A thought experiment about the essence of humanity, The Road examines human beings with everything stripped away
Most of us think we know a thing or two about bees. First, that they help us grow food. And second, that they have recently become threatened by colony collapse disorder. Is there anything we can do to help? Well,…
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At this time of year in Oregon, water is on everybody’s mind – and on our shoulders, heads, and feet. Abundant and clean, our water is a precious gift. Here are some ideas
“Many hands make light work.”– Proverbs and Epigrams of John Heywood, 1562
I am writing in January 2015, and these ridiculous, unnecessary discussions of the 2016 Presidential election have been going on for quite some time now. I will mark the official beginning of this massive waste of time and ink
The world economy is run by illegitimate plutocrats. One of them is William A. Ackman, who owns a $90-million penthouse apartment that nobody lives in. I read about him in a New York Times profile under the headline, “Over the…
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