by Bill Schlesinger In the pursuit of food security and abundance for the world’s rising population, it seems we are fouling our own nest. Pesticides are big business. One recent…
by Kevin T McEneaney When a scholar dies, what happens with books? (A library is but personal quirk.) Usually, the books are given away. In the scholar’s heaven, all…
Bella Hristova by Kevin T McEneaney After being closed for sixteen months due to the recent pandemic, Stissing Center in Pine Plains has resumed live in-person concerts. They opened this…
by Kevin T. McEneaney Glance up sometime at a clear midnight sky to see the Cosmos, those jewels of the night, as Aristotle once coined them long ago. One…
by Bill Schlesinger Since the first arrival of a rat by ship, we’ve known that invasions of alien species extract huge economic costs to society—seen in higher medical expenses, losses…
by Kevin T McEneaney Concerts by Aston Magna provide an informative and lively musical journey. Here with Sylvia Berry on piano and Daniel Stepner, one of my favorite violinists, they…
by Bill Schlesinger Most studies predicting changes in species distribution with global warming focus on species that may move into areas that are presently too cold for them—for example, the…
L to R: Judith Muir, Norman Baker, Michelle Demko, Matt Finley, Jean Vilkelis (partially hidden), Rob Murphy, Piotr Kargul, and Lou Pappas. by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday I attended…