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Ten Reasons to Appreciate Science
In the mid-1700s, natural phenomena were so poorly understood in the American Colonies that lightning was considered by many to be an indicator of God’s wrath. Accordingly,...
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Be Careful of Little Lives
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways and be wise: Which, having no chief, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, [and] gathereth...
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Vacant Lots: A Butterfly Hunter Considers the Sacred
The simplest definition of “sacred” in the Oxford English Dictionary has always seemed to me to be “set apart,” and that’s probably why I’ve never felt very...
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Sometimes in my dreams
Sometimes in my dreams, I have interactions with people who no longer play a role in my waking life, like old friends, relatives, and former lovers. Some...
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Some Advice for Professors Everywhere
Following is some advice for professors everywhere that should serve as a useful reminder. I offer it with respect and good intentions, knowing full well that we...
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D-Day, 1944: A Black Veteran Remembers
We have lost one more World War II veteran. Richard L. Walker, born May 7, 1924, passed away on October 26, 2020. Son of William Walker, M.D.,...
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Uncle Bill
Alice Randall drove along a desolate road amid the soaked barren wheat fields of northern Kansas. Stands of bare trees separated neighboring properties. Every so often, she...
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A Collection of 12 Poems
Eric Stephenson’s poems are like notes found in bottles floating in the wake of a long voyage. They rarely contain conclusions or directions or morals. Far more...
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Ten Reasons to Pay It Forward
To pay it forward means that instead of paying someone back for a good deed, you do a good deed for someone else. Maybe you’ll surrender your...
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Never Departed
When the summer breeze blows warm across my face, I will come to you through the slanting light and watch you paint the picture you said you...
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No Lives Matter
I walked into a Korean grocery store in Aptos to buy a beach towel. A leathery skinned man, probably in his 50s, was asking the woman behind...
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