To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Seeing The Forest AND The Trees
The Minor Miracles Of Democracy
BY SUSAN ESTRICH Thursday was a critical day in our democracy. Five presidents of the United States gathered in Dallas for the dedication of the George W. Bush library. One was his father, 89 years old and in a wheelchair. The other three were men of the opposite political party. They gathered together to celebrate […]
Forgiveness And Due Process
Dubya’s Day
An Interview With Pioneering Climate Scientist James Hansen
BY JOE CONASON Having directed NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies for most of the past four decades, Dr. James E. Hansen retired this month to devote himself to the scientific activism that has brought both awards and catcalls during his long and distinguished career. On April 24, he received the Ridenhour Courage Prize in […]