As a kid I loved carnivals. They were bright, flashy and noisy, and everywhere you looked there was a promise of instant gratification: eat this,…
Posts tagged as “essays”
The turn-off from New York State Route 86 towards the parking lot at the northern entrance to the Adirondacks High Peaks Wilderness comes in the…
The trails of the Adirondacks Park are a disgrace. For years I’ve been coming with one or both of my daughters to these mountains for…
If you think you have the best dog in the world you probably do. Here’s the deal: Everyone’s dog, including yours, is the best dog…
I decided Ramparts Magazine should check out the roots of the New Jerusalem. The question was what, if anything, the hippie phenomena represented besides a…
Tracey crept up on you bit by bit. Eventually, you’d sense yourself relenting. The fastidious rational brain no longer bothered calculating how much of his…
For all their breathtaking immensity, dams are oddly vulnerable things—a vulnerability that is shared and greatly intensified among the millions of people who depend on…
I was peacefully sipping my second cup of coffee and cycling through the morning’s newspapers back in the day when my 16-year-old daughter strode into…
When you drive into the Owens Valley from the south, on your left to the west is the most magnificent mountain range in the Sierra…
Cadillac, “American Standard for the World,” may be making a mistake in its slick and glossy magazine ads. In the foreground we see the latest…
Saturday, July 8 — It was “Hello Kitty” day at the bayfront ballpark. The meaning of that seemed unclear to most attendees other than some very…