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End Times...? Author:  Fred Guterl Some animals seem to be built for the long haul – various crocodiles, sharks and turtles have wandered the earth for hundreds of millions of years.  While other species – like the dodo, the Irish elk or the polar bear – quickly find themselves in an evolutionary dead end, often the victims of geographic isolation or over specialization.   It remains to be seen which category Homo sapiens belongs in.  Despite our high scores for adaptability and useful traits like omnivory and intelligence, the odds may be stacked against us.  In The Fate of the Species, [...]

Greed is Good? Author:  Gary Weiss Another US election cycle is in the books and as usual – no matter what the result – I feel the need to take an extra shower or two.  But this time around, for reasons I can’t explain, rather than attempt to wipe the whole sordid spectacle from my mind, I opted to read a book about American politics.  While it seems that very little ever changes when it comes to presidential elections, the past few years have been marked by the rise of the conservative Tea Party, which had an undeniable impact on [...]