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So, Dream: To the Children of 2100

So, Dream: To the Children of 2100

Editor’s Note: Today is the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and the “I Have a Dream” speech Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered to the 250,000 gathered before him on Washington’s National Mall. In Fall 2000, the...
Water for Isanjandugu

Water for Isanjandugu

Far from the offices of EarthDesk — our water cooler, lavatories, and coffee maker — the villagers of Isanjandugu, Tanzania rely on ditches and holes, fed by an erratic, six-month rainy season, for drinking water. With assistance from Pace Academy for...
MSNBC Geography by Adam Zyglis

MSNBC Geography by Adam Zyglis

Adam Zyglis is the staff editorial cartoonist for The Buffalo News, his hometown daily newspaper. He accepted the position fresh out of college, after winning 3 national awards as a college cartoonist. In 2004, he graduated summa cum laude from Canisius College with a...
Sturgeon Moon

Sturgeon Moon

Earlier this evening, I laid my tools on the cabin top of the boat on which I was working, and settled-in to watch the rust red moon crawl to the shoulders of the Hudson Highlands. Once there, it continued upward, as if loosed from the grip of gravity, and floated...
Pale Blue Dot by xkcd

Pale Blue Dot by xkcd

Editor’s Note: This is especially for Carl Sagan fans, of which I am a big one. As much as I admire the late, good doctor, I equally admire fun, earned irreverence. If you don’t know about the Pale Blue Dot, or its famous narration, you can check out my...