Category Archives: world

7 Billion More or Less

March 10, 2015 – 2:02 pm

The population of the planet in 1952 was approximately 2.635 billion people. I was born in May that year. I will be 68 in two months. Several years ago the UN announced that humanity has reached seven billion people faster than predicted by the most Malthusian experts on growth. The death rate of 150,000 people […]

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A Letter from Huey Newton

June 29, 2014 – 11:48 am

A Letter from Huey Newton to the Revolutionary Brothers and Sisters about the Women’s Liberation and Gay Liberation Movements” is considered the first pro-gay, pro-woman proclamation to come out of the black civil rights movement. During the past few years strong movements have developed among women and among homosexuals seeking their liberation. There has been […]

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Ich Bin Ein Amerikaner

July 28, 2013 – 9:15 am

Last night my landlord/friend AP and I were joined by his loving daughter on the roof of the Fort Greene Observatory. AP hugged Lizzie and pointed out stars. It was a clear sky for New York. “Up there is Alpha Centuari. It’s the closest star to Earth.” “How far away?” Lizzie was a curious child. […]

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Danger On The Road

June 21, 2013 – 3:21 pm

An old urban legend purported that in 1895 the only two automobiles in Ohio had an accident. Snopes.com investigated the story without finding any evidence of said accident, however in May 1896 a NYC motorist struck a bicyclist. According to Snopes.com the rider suffered a broken leg, the driver of the Duyrea spent a night […]

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Two Days To Go

December 18, 2012 – 8:29 am

In 1990 I visited Tikal with my Aussie friend Cathy. We stayed at a horrible hotel, but slept atop the Mayan pyramids surrounded by the thick Peten jungle. Howler monkeys dashed from tree to tree and the buzz of insects hummed outside our mosquito nettings. This abandoned city had had a population of 90,000 souls […]

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