Most people are not lost. Everything we do in space and time has been done before, and the travelers and their outfitters left signs. When we encounter the…
Where, exactly, is the middle of nowhere? What is it? “Not in or to any place; not anywhere,” if we’re to trust Google. Also: “a place that is…
Of this year’s GOP nominees, none recognize climate change as a man-made problem, or a problem at all. Their views differ from those of the men and women…
Materialists posit a universe where every aspect of reality has a physical, mechanistic explanation. Physical pathways connect cause and effect; chance plays a starring role, but it comes…
Small flowers and moss grow from the cracks in a concrete stairway near my house. The stairway isn’t used anymore—the door at the top is boarded—and the plants…
Does talking about how nuclear power can solve climate change actually help nuclear power solve climate change?
Imagine; next Monday, a fresh-faced CEO announces something thrilling. He (it’s always a “he”) promises a product so transformative, so powerful, that it’ll affect everyone. Overnight, the world’s…
Climate guilt is definitely a thing. Those who feel strongest about global warming—activists, academics, “greenies”—are some of the same people who’ve benefited most from carbon-emitting systems of privilege…
A New England angler argues that cod have never been more abundant; that limiting their harvest is a cultural attack, not scientific necessity1. In the Gulf of Mexico,…
Leaving Sullivan Station I follow a man. He’s wearing blue jeans and a black sweatshirt; black hair, swept over his head; a black backpack. I walk a few…