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What gives me hope we’ll make it? Kate Orff and oysters

A few weeks before Ida hit, it was dramatically prescient that the August 9 New Yorker’s Eric Klinenberg published under the rubric Brave New World Dept., “Manufacturing Nature: How a landscape architect designs ecosystems to protect cities from the sea.” … Continue reading

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I’m going through Trump withdrawal

Maybe you are, too. Or maybe not. Truly, I am no longer obsessed with news of the creature occupying the White House. I will snigger and shake my head over the daft and appalling things that emerge from his mouth … Continue reading

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A very rich man fights the Koch Bros

If I’m going to report on the very rich Koch Bros conspiracy to end American democracy, I should also report on the very rich men who are, in particular ways, fighting the conspiracy. So here’s Richard Branson. He’s a Brit, … Continue reading

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