A new show has appeared on American TV, “The Moaning of Life.” I haven’t seen it, but that about describes how many people view the age-old question. Most people have…
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Nothing in the history of civilization has compelled a revolution in human consciousness like the threat posed by climate change. “Nobody on this planet is going to be untouched by…
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Our worldviews aren’t just about how we see the world; they’re even more basically about how we view nature. Take this statement, which is hilariously wrongheaded on both counts: “Babies…
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“Now, what says the world to your proceedings? Do not seek to stuff my head with more ill news, for it is full.” Shakespeare, King John The faster the pace of life in…
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A large flock of crows fly by in the distance as I sit facing the fields and foothills. There’s a hundred or more of them spread out in a long…
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Arriving at the creek at the edge of town on the bike at the zenith of the day, a large woodland hawk alights a small tree across the creek, and…
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Upstream, four turkeys glide across the gorge. It’s so unusual to see them in full flight that I don’t know what they are for a second. They’re not ungainly birds…
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It’s near dusk, and the parkland seems to be full of Cooper’s hawks. At one point on the path, a large, brown, stipple-winged hawk takes off from the path ahead…