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Cuisine: Cuisse de poulet dans sa compote de pommes et airelles
Book review: The lab-leak hypothesis goes "Viral" [Updated]
Bad science, bad journalism on the Covid-19 origins debate, published by a leading journal.
Spirit of Place: The Island of Rhodes
The Strange Case of the Montecito Mudslide Human Remains
The real meaning of "heritability"
A terrible decision by the Eighth Circuit in the Nunes v. Lizza case threatens press freedoms
Portraits of France: Audierne in Brittany
Portraits of France: Pérouges in the Rhône Valley
Portraits of France: Brantôme in Périgord
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Once upon a time in Wuhan: Will we ever know the origins of Covid-19? [Updated August 24]
Portraits of France: Cordes-sur-Ciel in Languedoc
Portraits of France: Riquewihr in Alsace
Portraits of France: Bonneval-sur-Arc
Portraits of France: The French Village
Are journalistic ethics ready for prime time? Not at CNN, it would appear.
Spirit of Place: Free at last in the new Slovakia
SLAPP and anti-SLAPP: Netflix hits back at Alan Dershowitz
Spirit of Place: The White Mosques of Jerba
History of Place: Bastogne and the Battle of the Bulge
Why is the EPA still prostituting itself to industry?
Spirit of Place: The Farthest Shore
A "Critical Review" of Covid-19 Origins Leaves Out Some Critical Questions [With important updates]
Spirit of Place: The Quirky Charms of Old Tunis
Did Neanderthals give art lessons to "modern" humans?
A note to "Words for the Wise" subscribers
Bill Cosby, Martha Nussbaum, #MeToo, and the dual meanings of "due process."
While we are "rethinking human evolution," let's rethink how we talk about human evolution
Spirit of Place: Henry James and the Red Roofs of Rye
On Juneteenth, Slavery Went 1 for 2
Spirit of Place: Venice in Winter
Is Racism Good for White People?
Spirit of Place: Grace Darling, English Hero, Whose Brave Deed Ushered in the Victorian Age
Wise Words: The Weekly Chronicle
Portraits of France: In Lawrence Durrell's Provence
History of Place: The year a socialist almost became governor of California.
Spirit of Place: Over the Sea to Skye
Spirit of Place: The Romance of Route 66
Poetry Corner: Cancel My Subscription!
Spirit of Place: The Third Man's Vienna
Cancel culture's gonna get you
Pandemic Politics: How Much Does it Matter if the Lab Leak Hypothesis is Right or Wrong?
Places in history: Where Nazis tried to hide the murderous truth
Portraits of France: Inside the Cassoulet Brotherhood
Portraits of France: Sarah Bernhardt on Belle-Île-en-Mer
Portraits of France: A Park Bench in Paris
Portraits of France: The Birth of Impressionism
Human Evolution: Is Dunbar's Number Really Up?
Investigation: The Franki Aymond story (Part II)
Investigation: The Franki Aymond story (Part I)
Portraits of France: A Park Bench in Paris