Burning Forests with the EPA
In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its chief, Scott Pruitt, are doing the exact opposite of what they’re supposed to be doing. Their latest action is one more in a...
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MoMA and the Met in NYC
It was Wednesday, May 2. I had arrived in New York City, or more precisely lower Manhattan, the night before. I got up on Wednesday morning and ate a big breakfast (eggs, sausage, yogurt,...
Dumbarton Oaks: Washington, D.C.
It is Tuesday, May 1, a week after I landed at Ronald Reagan Airport in Washington, D.C. Today, Maria, my niece, and I are going by city bus from Tenleytown to Georgetown and the...
John Brown’s Raid: Harpers Ferry
It is Saturday, April 28, exactly 4 days after I landed at Ronald Reagan Airport in Washington, D.C. Today, Maria, my 14-year old niece, and I are traveling, by car, on a short trip...
National Portrait Gallery: Washington, D.C.
It is Friday, April 27, several days after I landed at Ronald Reagan Airport in Washington, D.C. Today, Maria, my 14-year old niece, and I are going to the National Portrait Gallery in downtown...
Funding the War on Opioids
In the United States, as the opioid epidemic rages on, killing more than 140 people every day, many critics, who have long complained of an inadequate response to the epidemic by the federal government,...
Food Crisis Looms As Bees Die
Bees, the great pollinators enabling many crops to grow, play a vital role in making food for human beings. They pollinate 71 of the 100 crops which account for 90 percent of the food...
Punishing the Opioid Industry
In Philadelphia, the United States’ 6th largest city, officials are taking a new step in a fight to address an opioid epidemic which has become a national public health crisis. They now are attacking...