This vintage science fiction climate dystopia story from 1958 imagines a wildly futuristic 1997. Harry Collins has everything a modern man is supposed to want: an apartment, a five-hour workday, a car and permanent peace. But as the smog, crowds and machinery of Chicagee close in, a forgotten childhood habit reveals just how much the future has taken from him.
As its dirty water continues to be cleaned up, a mini-nature preserve is emerging to the banks of our local watershed.
We could feed the world and deal with jellyfish overpopulation, if more of us could get used to the taste.
I have this phobia. Where did it come from? An explanation, at last!
As the U.S. prepares to celebrate it’s 250th year, it’s time for a (significant) revision to the pledge of allegiance that focuses on what unites us.
Randy VanWarmer’s final album, a haunting tribute to Stephen Foster, became all the more poignant when VanWarmer died on the anniversary of Foster’s death. Revisit a strange, beautiful, deeply personal recording by a musician who deserves to be remembered.
The 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence happens to also coincide with the 200th birthday of composer Stephen Foster. You know his songs, even if you don’t know his name.
Trump has brought presidential history to the White House walkway, complete with gold lettering, grievance, self-praise, and the irregular capitalization he loves. In response, we defend the noble art of being right for the wrong-seeming reasons with our own contrarian re-ranking of America’s presidents, from Lincoln’s demotion to Chester Arthur’s redemption.
Terror gives way to tenderness, appetite and strange calm.
By separating our immediate demands from end goals, the left can speak to the real fears people are living with today.
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