It can hardly be considered a coincidence that West Nile virus swarmed America, and then the insect-repellent garment industry had a breakthrough. An essay on pesticide-laced clothing, from 2005.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
One of my favorite reporting assignments remains the few days I spent with the Buffalo Field Campaign near West Yellowstone, Montana, in late winter 2005. Perched along Hebgen Lake, the BFC uses direct action and around-the-clock field surveillance to protect Yellowstone-area buffalo and oppose the management policies of the state of Montana, which insists on [...]
Friday, October 16, 2009
Cloud seeding is some sort of great proof in the indomitable human spirit, or at least the bliss of uncertainty and ignorance. Water suppliers, ranching associations, ski resorts, and even Olympic host nations regularly spend millions of dollars sending silver iodide crystals into the sky with the prayers that the practice will increase precipitation. The [...]
Friday, July 10, 2009
Gas drilling in Colorado is turning tap water flammable, according to one county report...and the worst fears of citizens and environmentalists. Or maybe it isn't, if you take the word of energy companies and a state regulatory boss. Way back in 2005, we looked into the impacts of oil and gas drilling on Colorado landowners and found environmental and emotional damage to families and their land.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
A very humbling and powerful experience, descendants of the Sand Creek Massacre and members of the Southern Cheyenne tribe invited me to tag along during a journey that began in Montana to return ancestors' remains to the original massacre site in southern Colorado. I also visited with some tribe members on the reservation in eastern Montana for the article. This feature originally appeared in November 2005 (and was also reprinted in February 2006 in a short-lived magazine, Indian Education Today).
The Moth Podcast
Weekly installments of first-person stories, told without notes, which frequently bring laughs and/or tears in under 15 minutes
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Baseball:
Can't Anybody Here Play This Game? by Jimmy Breslin
Breslin's book on the '62 Mets, baseball's worst team ever, is clever and cutting, and it sets up the historical backdrop for forlorn Mets fans
The Natural by Bernard Malamud
The scene between Roy and Iris swimming in the lake stands out. A deeper, darker story than Redford's film
Baseball History Podcast
Host Bob Wright is a baseball nerd's nerd, and I've already learned the origin of stadium tailgates, batting gloves and baseball fantasy camps
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TED
"Riveting talks by remarkable people," which are sometimes wonky, but usually enlightening
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Greek food and Ouzo
With much inspiration coming from Susanna Hoffman's The Olive and the Caper, a 2004 narrative cookbook that encourages healthy consumption of fennel, feta and olive oil
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All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
A great nonfiction book integrating Bragg's upbringing in rural Alabama with his experiences and lessons from journalism
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"Bored to Death"
The latest, greatest series from HBO...but it might be a little too close to home
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Mike Birbiglia: "What I Should Have Said Was Nothing"
Self-deprecating humor at its finest, with plenty of sports, family, drugs and wildlife jokes along the way
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Horseshoes
Ready to get my ringer on this summer
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