It’s hard to find fault when academics and other specialists in arcane subjects such as ornithology and ecology integrate with popular culture. Why? Because scientific inquiry belongs to the people. For many, the voice of WNYC’s Ira Flatow is the voice of science, much as Bill Nye the Science Guy …
“Dancing in our heads… We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams.” ~Albert Einstein One of the great pleasures for me while working at Repertory …
Recently, I had the privilege of having a short story appear in Moth & Rust: Mormon Encounters with Death, published by Signature Books (2017). It’s a collection of short (most of them around 1,000 words each) essays, sketches, short stories, illustrations, poems … even a play. And of course, the small …
I was always a reluctant boy scout. Raised Mormon, it was expected of me that I become a scout. Perhaps it was because I grew up mostly with sisters (eventually 10 would fill my parents’ house), or perhaps it was because I was shy when it came to team sports, …
May 12, 2017 Dear Secretary Zinke, Thank you for coming to Utah which I hope was an informing experience regarding the review you are doing of national monuments, including of the newly-proclaimed Bears Ears. At the same moment that you were meeting with stakeholders at the BLM Offices in Salt …
I The Establishment Scene: “Dave! Long time no see! What you been up to?” “Oh you, know just spending my days trying to bring down the president of the United States. You?” II. Rising Conflict #1: “Spending your days doing what?” “Bringing down the presidency. Did you vote for …
In 2008 the President-Elect invited supporters from his prodigious social media community to reflect on this “American Moment” and to submit it to his organization. Here below is my little response to the soon-to-be commander-in-chief. I campaigned many long hours, donated money, and engaged in myriad conversations with friends, …
It’s hard to know where this post originated, but I got it from my niece (who will remain nameless) who shared it on Facebook from a Lydia Lyon. I call this post the “Manifesto of Trump Supporters,” and it was generated shortly after the election in response to the bafflement …
Check Your Cherished Opinions Stand Up and Be Counted Compromise for the Benefit of the Collective On the eve of the 2016 election, I am at rest. No more campaigning. No more snappy rejoinders on Facebook. No more snark. And while I believe there is a time to play the …
Pioneer Book and the Utah Humanities Book Festival present a reading and book signing in Provo of “Dream House on Golan Drive.” I’ve given one reading in Provo. It was last winter at the Provo Public Library at Academy Square where I was flattered to have Library Director Gene Nelson …
