The march of technology, from the first sparks of fire to the microprocessors of today, have led us to this moment of technological achievement. We have put human beings on…
Earlier this week I was interviewed about my rather meandering lifelong career path and asked what advice I might give in terms of building a successful career. I had a…
I’ve often said that spite is the best reason to do anything. Here is further evidence of this fact: British scientist John Gurdon is told by his high school teacher…
This story provides a perfect delineation between Democrats and certain elements of the Republican Party. One one side we have Maine’s Democratic State Senate candidate, Colleen Lachowicz, a social worker…
The Simpsons have played an enormous role in my life, beginning with the excitement of the very first episode and extending to the moment that I realized that I had…
More than a year after this story first ran, I have yet to find a better first sentence for a news story ever: A gay man tried to poison his…
I’ve started a thing, and someday you’ll be able to say that you knew the guy who started the thing and remember when it started to become a thing. The…
For anyone interested and in the area, I will be appearing at the Brattleboro Literary Festival this weekend along with an enormous assemblage of far more interesting and well known…
I have always secretly hoped that someday we would discover that plants are just as sentient as animals, and as a result, the ethical vegans of the world would be…
