As coyotes settle in and become New Yorkers, there should be a gradual acceptance of their presence, just like those extremely annoying cartoon characters in Times Square.
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Interview: Greenhouse Director Marc Hachadourian on the 2015 Orchid Show at the New York Botanical Garden
The curator of NYBG's famous orchid show talks about the incredible diversity of orchids and his 15 years working with them.
Read More »Why is the Beach Covered with Dead Birds?
When will our long night of global corporate greed and killing finally fade away into the light?
Read More »Daylight Saving Time – One Hour Can Change Everything
The problem is that after being on one “time” for eight months, we are thrust into a different one, making us all time travelers whether we like it or not.
Read More »Labor Day – Honoring All Kinds of Work
We never know the story of that person we see performing his or her job, but we should appreciate it nonetheless as a contribution to society.
Read More »The Ice Bucket Challenge Should Dry Up
So while the Ice Bucket Challenge is a great idea, we need more people doing what Charlie Sheen has done (that is without question one sentence I never thought I would ever write).
Read More »Rappers, Congressmen, Comedians Gather at Conference of Climate Change Skeptics
The Heartland Institute sponsored the 9th International Conference on Climate Change.
Read More »Seven Prison Survival Secrets
By internalizing and abiding by these principles, a new inmate will save a lot of strife and possibly violence, and even transform potential hard time to easy time.
Read More »Comparisons Make Everything Look Smaller
When we compare ourselves to others, the tendency to seek out their faults leads us to examine our own, and we end up doubly dissatisfied.
Read More »Insects as Food – Raw, Cooked or Dipped in Chocolate?
Insects are free, high in protein and, when you think about it, no weirder nutritionally than oysters, eels, frog’s legs, blowfish, pig’s trotters, sheep’s eyes, or blood sausage.
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