Yosemite Dome Photographs
Yosemite National Park and Dome Photographs July 28, 2017 For insight into the current political climate, take a look back at the year 2000 Ridley Scott movie, Gladiator. See if Emperor Commodus (d. 192 CE) reminds you of anyone in today's less than stellar set of...
Yosemite and Mono Pass
Yosemite National Park and Mono Pass Photographs July 27, 2017 The Mono Pass trailhead is located within Yosemite National Park a few miles south of the Tioga Pass entrance. Pristine and wonderful. Unlike some other places. There are now millions of climate change...
Eclipse Views from New Mexico
Eclipse Views from New Mexico August 21 2017 While I did not travel north to see this year's eclipse, I did travel uphill into the forest above Taos, New Mexico for views into the sky and onto the ground. Top photo: bottom center shows moon creating sun crescent....
Graphic Depiction of Trump Administration Environmental Policy
New Exhibition at Seton Gallery
"echoes" exhibition opens at the Seton Gallery of the Academy for the Love of Learning with a (free) reception on Sunday August 13 at 2:00 pm. The show features images of 1932 paintings by "Kiowa Five" artist Jack Hokeah used to decorate a historic building at Seton...
1907 Arctic Expedition Subject of Film
My film: "Ernest Thompson Seton and the Exploration of Canada's Fabled Aylmer Lake" will be shown at the Las Cruces International Film Festival on Saturday March 11 at 1:00pm. Subject: 1907 Arctic expedition. https://www.lciffest.com/
Why Trump is like Nasal Congestion
Send Trump to the North Pole—it’s warmer there. It’s beginning to look a lot less like Christmas up north. Mid-month December temperatures at the North Pole have risen 50° F above average to just below freezing—nighttime temperatures in Taos are colder. During...
The Environmental Movement Betrayed Part II
The outcome of the December 19, 2016 election is another disaster for environmentalists. Beginning in November, environmental advocacy organizations have made their usual response: a plea for more money. The appeal for funds has become an end in and of itself rather...
The Environmental Movement Betrayed
Liberals and conservatives have failed to adequately address the climate change crisis. Neither political party gave significant attention to any environment issues during the 2016 elections. Politicians left and right are unable even to ask meaningful questions...
Clinton can still win the election
Hope springs eternal. Then it's dead.