“Mother Nature simply operates at a level of complexity that is, at this point, beyond the mastery of mere mortals (such as scientists) and the tools available to us.”—John R. Christy, director, Earth System Science […] Read More
“Mother Nature simply operates at a level of complexity that is, at this point, beyond the mastery of mere mortals (such as scientists) and the tools available to us.”—John R. Christy, director, Earth System Science […] Read More
“Metal, intrinsic value, deep and dense, Preanimate,inimitable, still …”—Yvor Winters, from his poem “John Sutter”This view of metal from the late Stanford University poet Yvor Winters has foreboding overtones. The poem, after all, is about […] Read More
“Suppose we had no police force. Suppose we had … just silence. Nobody to listen. Nobody to answer. The battle’s finished. The jungle wins. The predatory beasts take over.”—Police Commissioner Hardy, “The Asphalt Jungle,” 1950Commissioner […] Read More
“Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1860From Emerson’s mouth to Washington’s ear. If only it […] Read More
“Politics are such a torment that I would advise everyone I love not to mix with them.”—Thomas Jefferson“Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of […] Read More