This article by Roger Webster, a South African historian, is intriguing on several levels. I was drawn in by this opening: One of the many aspects of history and archaeology that fascinates me is that, in many respects, archaeology becomes the verifier, or the destroyer, of history. Be sure to read it all the way…Continue Reading…
[UPDATE 1: See bottom to read about the deletions and textual changes Romm makes in his post and follow-up response.] [UPDATE 2: Science journalist and University of Colorado professor Tom Yulsman, (a colleague and friend), weighs in here.] [UPDATE 3: Since publishing his post on me, Romm has made so many changes in the text…Continue Reading…
In characteristic Romm fashion. In his post today, there’s way too many distortions of what I’ve written and who I am for me to respond in an off the cuff manner. I also don’t want that to eat up my Sunday. But because I’m a freelancer with all the job security of a…freelancer, I’ll take…Continue Reading…
In the current issue of American Scientist, environmental historian John McNeill mines a famous political treatise to posit why climate change is an intractable socio-political issue: We know orders of magnitude more about the global climate system and climate history than we did in 1950. We do know that there are potential alternative states and…Continue Reading…
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