Originally published in Saturday Evening Post. KYLAN FRYE STEERS HER SUBARU station wagon along the slushy roadways of the Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area at the edge of Utah’s Great Salt Lake. It’s a February afternoon, gray and cold, and a layer of snow covers the wetlands that spread for miles around us. The Wasatch […]
Free to Go
Suffering from advanced-stage ovarian cancer, Sue Otterbourg declined aggressive treatment to spend her last months living fully. Why can’t more people do the same? Originally published in Indy Week. THE FIRST TIME I MET SUE OTTERBOURG, she greeted me at her front door in Durham’s Forest Hills neighborhood dressed as anyone would for a business meeting: […]
Could California’s Salmon Make a Comeback?
After years of decline, the rich human community that depends on California’s salmon runs may at last be rebounding. Originally published in onEarth. JON ROSENFIELD AND I BUSHWHACK through the scrubby willows that line the American River east of Sacramento. The air is crisp this October morning, and the timing of our visit should be just […]
What Do Birds Do For Us?
Some might not realize the tangible value of birds, but it would be foolish to underestimate how tough life would be without them. Originally published in Audubon Magazine. ODDS ARE, IF YOU’RE READING THIS MAGAZINE, you feel a moral and aesthetic imperative to support bird conservation. With an estimated 1,200 species facing extinction over the […]
Why the Beach Makes Us Happy
Scientists have explored everything from the sound of rolling waves to the molecular ions in the salty air, but is there a power even greater behind the sea’s ability to transform us? And can we harness that power to save the sea itself? Originally published in Coastal Living. IT DOESN’T TAKE A ROCKET SCIENTIST to tell […]
Rebel Towns
Call it municipal disobedience: communities facing environmental threats are defying laws they deem illegitimate. Originally published in The Nation. THE 600 RESIDENTS OF SUGAR HILL, New Hampshire, have done a laudable job of keeping the vulgarities of modern life at bay. There are no fast-food restaurants, no neon signs. Instead, the former iron-mining town has […]
The Tricky Academics of Eating
Martin Smith’s class poses a simple question: Should I eat fish? But answering it sends students into murky waters. Originally published in Duke Magazine. ON THE FIRST DAY OF HIS MARINE CONSERVATION course this past January, Martin Smith told his eight undergraduates that they would play a game. One student would wait in the hallway. […]
Long Division
At the Republican National Convention, Ron Paul delegates find dissent is unwelcome within the party ranks. Originally published in Indy Week. IT WAS JUST A FEW YEARS ago that Bret McGraw began his political conversion. The 30-year-old cook, who lives in Durham and works at Whole Foods Market, once considered himself a liberal. In 2008 […]
RNC Day 5: Tossed from the Art Pope-David Koch cocktail party
Originally published in Indy Week. WHEN I LEARNED THAT Americans for Prosperity was hosting a cocktail party honoring Art Pope and David Koch during the Republican National Convention, it seemed like a natural event for me to cover. I used to write about Pope for Indy Week, back when he was a state legislator from Raleigh and often […]
RNC Day 4: Paul Ryan doesn’t let facts get in the way
Originally published in Indy Week. A few years ago, I read about the 2008 closure of a General Motors plant in Janesville, Wis., that threw 4,000 people (including those who worked for suppliers) out of work. The New York Times interviewed one 24-year employee, Andy Richardson, who planned to move away to find a job, leaving […]
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