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Whatever Happened to Creation Care?Far-right evangelicals killed creation care as secular poison. Is the rise in paganism an unintended consequence?Oct 16, 2024Oct 16, 2024
San Francisco’s Sensational Spring and Summer SunsetsIn my third installment of the wondrous and changing art of San Francisco skies, I focus exclusively on sunsets above Ocean Beach. The vast…Sep 8, 2024Sep 8, 2024
Vintage San Francisco Festival Guidebooks Reveal A City on the RiseExposition guidebooks from 1894, 1915, and 1939 capture an unbridled exuberance that San Francisco would do well to revive.Sep 2, 20242Sep 2, 20242
Published inILLUMINATIONWhen It Comes to No-fault Divorce the Christian Right Is All WrongJust when it seemed the Christian right was too focused on books, bathrooms, and babies to add yet another gear to its 19th-century wayback…Aug 1, 2024Aug 1, 2024
An Ancient Greek Warrior with a Modern American Lust for FameTales of classical Greeks in their plumed helmets and woolen tunics might seem far removed from today’s era of prevaricators, personality…Jul 7, 20241Jul 7, 20241
Published inILLUMINATIONHow Tech Transfer Discoveries Offer an Upbeat Note in a Downbeat WorldUnless you’re a dedicated scientific research fan, news of discoveries can easily be drowned out by influencer babble, political chatter…Jun 24, 2024Jun 24, 2024
Published inILLUMINATION1932 Through the Eyes of a TeenagerA chance discovery of an old high school yearbook is an artistic surprise.Jun 4, 20241Jun 4, 20241
