The moments that establish character
A couple weeks ago, I attended the annual Southwest Florida Reading Festival. My wife insists on going every year. As a teacher of...
The moments that establish character
On the Everglades Part V: If there is consensus on what needs doing, why isn’t it happening?
Why Americans question climate science
Things are worse than assumed: sensible numbers on carbon fluxes from soil and limits of discourse
Tech that matters: those concerned with climate change-induced famine should pay attention to this
Can you still go "Down to the Twist and Shout"? Should you?
Mister Robot, a recollection of Chomsky, and a reflection on Robespierre
"Everything's up to date in Kansas City," and now my blog will be too.
Sanity is relative, reality is consensual, and SF readers and writers are the only ones who notice
My Schedule for WorldCon
Broken or still fighting?
Writing about racism: ignoring white people who told me I didn't know what I was talking about
If the Witness exists, is he God, or is time the only deity: thoughts from SF television
Meltwater and Overturning Circulation: Allan digests James Hansen's latest paper
Taking notes as an intellectual holds court: cool ideas Ben Bova shared on an OASIS Panel
Allan does a taste test: Evaluating Beyond Beef Beefy Crumbles and Beast Burgers
Climate change and corals: the link the newspapers didn't give you
The next big viral epidemic--science and science fiction
Remembering Kirby, an elegy in prose for one most prosaic
Navigating between Scylla and Charybdis: How do you avoid cultural appropriation and white-washing