The Outer Garden

More concept art for “Faraway Star” is out!

Here is another image relating to my upcoming science fiction book, out this summer.

Moses’s great boondoggle: The 1964-65 New York World’s Fair [Part I].

In 1964, Robert Moses got his last hurrah as the big builder of the Big Apple. What hath Bob wrought?

Toward a theory on the death of the Democratic Party.

The modern Democratic Party is the least successful political organization in American history. Here are my thoughts on why.

The first concept art for “Faraway Star” is out!

Here is a scene from my upcoming science fiction novel, out (probably) this summer.

My history with a tragedy: How TWA Flight 800 taught me about critical thinking.

My own history with the terrible 1996 tragedy is a complicated and difficult one.

Photo: A beautiful dawn on an ordinary winter day.

A reminder to savor the ordinary beauty in the world.

Interiors: Den at “Slabsides,” John Burroughs’s rustic cabin, West Park, New York.

John Burroughs, naturalist and writer, built this house in 1895 from all local materials.