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Seeing The Forest AND The Trees

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BY DAVID PERRYMAN Today, my optometrist would probably call it Macular Degeneration. In the 1940’s my family just knew that my grandfather’s cousin should not...

The Minor Miracles Of Democracy

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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

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BY SHARON MARTIN On the day after the Boston Marathon bombing, I asked my students, “What can we do to keep tragedies like this from...

Dubya’s Day

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BY KAREN WEBB I didn't watch, but I have read about the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center and I heard a little...

An Interview With Pioneering Climate Scientist James Hansen

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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 […]