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The Foolest Month, Celebrating Our Humanity
Given our publication date for this edition, I’ll admit I had some dastardly April Fool’s Day plans—like printing definitive...
Tourist Town: What We Lose When They Find Us
At a certain point, a town stops being a place and becomes a recommendation of some algorithm or other.
One...
‘Glory of Art’: Metabolizing Chaos
During the tributes to Hollywood’s recently departed at the Academy Awards ceremony, a handsome portrait and quote from Robert...
Human Habitat: Restoration Not Just ‘For the Birds’
Nature lovers know that scientists who study the health of bird populations and their habitats in the San Francisco...
Worst Day, Redux: America’s Mass Shooting Epidemic
In the early afternoon of April 17, 2025, I received what to date has been the worst message ever...
Hypocritical Hijinks: Deceit Over Decency
Donald Trump to Iran’s leaders who are cracking down on protesters: “You better not start shooting, because we’ll start...








