Last Sunday marked the end of an era in New Zealand with the sad passing of the conservationist and...

Because of my job I have, of late, been spending lots of time in southern New Jersey.  Of course...

The Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) is well-known for his efforts as a writer, editor, legislator, and abolitionist. Countless...

Every child who has ever seen a cartoon featuring Wile E Coyote and Road Runner has to have wondered...

On Magical Mystery Tour, The Beatles’ famous 1967 album,  there is an odd song called “Blue Jay Way” which was...

There is really nothing to say about this other than, um, wow? Don’t forget that if you want to...

In the final version of Walt Whitman’s famed poetry collection Leaves of Grass – the “Deathbed Edition” – there is a...

Ravens fascinate people.  Their obvious intelligence, their vocalizations, their roles in the mythologies of multiple cultures, their all-black plumage,...