I’ve Got Your Missing Links Right Here (14 March 2015)

I’ve Got Your Missing Links Right Here (14 March 2015)
I’ve Got Your Missing Links Right Here (14 March 2015)
Sign up for The Ed’s Up—a weekly newsletter of my writing plus some of the best stuff from around the Internet. Top picks One of the very best writers, Kathryn Schulz, reviews my favourite book of last year, Helen Macdonald’s H IS FOR HAWK. This is just multi-layered bliss. And Macdonald’s nature column at […]

I’ve Got Your Missing Links Right Here (30 August 2014)

I’ve Got Your Missing Links Right Here (30 August 2014)
I’ve Got Your Missing Links Right Here (30 August 2014)
Sign up for The Ed’s Up—a weekly newsletter of my writing plus some of the best stuff from around the Internet. Top picks H is for Hawk is the story of a woman who started training a goshawk to cope with the sudden death of her father. It is an autobiography, a natural history […]

The Layover Makeover

The Layover Makeover
The Layover Makeover
In more than 50 years of airplane travel I’ve logged hundreds of hours in airports. I note this as I sit, facing an unexpected and lengthy delay, in Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. My instinct is to spend as little time as possible here, yet these days I’m conflicted. This is no longer the drab place that 20 years ago offered travelers a handful of newsstands and fast-food joints. These days, Atlanta’s airport, joining many others around the world, is a little city with a broad range of diversions. Now the question is: Should I stay or should I go?

The Easy Truth About Oil That “Deficit Hawks” Don’t Want To Hear

The Easy Truth About Oil That “Deficit Hawks” Don’t Want To Hear
The Easy Truth About Oil That “Deficit Hawks” Don’t Want To Hear
Tax breaks and other subsidies for oil companies have been getting a lot of attention lately, to the extent that cutting them has even made it into an actual Congressional proposal. The issue has been around forever, but I like to flatter myself by thinking that the Environmental Law Institute’s report on fossil subsidies that…

For the Birds: Hawk Walks in Vermont

For the Birds: Hawk Walks in Vermont
For the Birds: Hawk Walks in Vermont
This week, we’re looking at great birding sites around the world. Today Frank DiCesare shares a spot for falconry in Vermont. For many travelers, fall in northern New England is about the foliage that follows the first frost. In one Vermont village, however, vacationers can enjoy the season’s crisp outdoors with a learning experience as…