The Ecology of Survival
Theories about history are built on sand. Yet millions have died believing in their ultimate truth. It’s because we have paid such a high price tor historical theorizing that we can ill afford to lose our perspective now, or to stop thinking about where we’ve been and what it tells us about where we’re going. To paraphrase Santayana, those who cannot remember the past ought to be condemned to reread it. READ MORE >>
The Crisis Comes Ashore
Unbearable Whiteness
I’M TRYING to remember what I thought about Antarctica before I came here. For the most part, I didn’t think about it at all. It is just plain remote. From the other side of the world, in Christchurch, New Zealand, it is another eight hours due south by plane to the main U.S. base, McMurdo, and then another three hours from there to the South Pole. READ MORE >>
