In several of the past few posts, I've written about global warming by calling attention to recent publications by Elizabeth Kolbert and Al Gore. In there view, the evidence is all around us and we need to take notice of its effects: increased rainfall in some areas...
There was an article (Evolution's Lonely Battle in a Georgia Classroom) in the New York Times online edition on June 29 about a middle school teacher by the name of Pat New. She stood alone in her small north Georgia school district of Lumpkin County, which is located...
All around Washington, D.C. a deluge of evidence runs through the streets and buildings, and you would think that the U.S. Senate's Committee Environment and Public Works would stop denying the scientific evidence of global warming. Yes, there is debate within the...
I was struck by the breadth with which Elizabeth Kolbert approached the evidence to evaluate the issue of global warming. In her book, one chapter is entitled The Butterfly and the Toad. What could butterfly's and toads have to due with global warming. Here the story...
We just returned from a trip to the Rockies, and spent several days in the Rocky Mountain National Park, hiking, watching wildlife, and simply enjoying the majestic scenery of these western mountains. A million years ago, these mountains were covered with glacial ice,...
If you live in Florida, one word you don't want to hear on the evening news is "hurricane." I lived in Florida in 1972 and 1975, and I don't recall a concern about hurricanes. But now, friends that I have that do live in Florida have been affected for the past...
