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Lawrence Winkler is a physician, traveler, and natural philosopher. His molecules have morphed from medicine to manuscript. He lives with Robyn on Vancouver Island and in New Zealand, tending their gardens and vineyards, and dreams.
DNA Reveals Native American Presence in Polynesia Centuries Before Europeans Arrived
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Posted: July 9, 2020, 11:09 pm
How to Choose a Bottle of Wine
Bite into a strawberry, talk to a wine geek, pore over a map: forget wine snobbery and develop your own distinctive taste.
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Posted: July 9, 2020, 10:58 pm
The Healing Power of Nature
The idea that immersing yourself in forests and nature has a healing effect is far more than just folk wisdom.
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Posted: July 6, 2020, 1:18 am
Thomas Pynchon Predicted the Pandemic in ‘Gravity’s Rainbow’
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Posted: July 5, 2020, 8:54 pm
Why Are Rich People So Mean?
Call it Rich Asshole Syndrome—the tendency to distance yourself from people with whom you have a large wealth differential.
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Posted: July 4, 2020, 1:21 am
Ashoka’s Moral Empire
Being good is hard. How an ancient Indian emperor, horrified by the cruelty of war, created an infrastructure of goodness.
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Posted: July 4, 2020, 1:11 am
America’s Enduring Caste System
Its founding ideals promise liberty and equality for all. Its reality is an enduring racial hierarchy that has persisted for centuries.
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Posted: July 3, 2020, 6:34 pm
The Decline of the American World
Other countries are used to loathing America, admiring America, and fearing America (sometimes all at once). But pitying America? That one is new.
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Posted: June 24, 2020, 11:53 pm
Enemy Of All Mankind
Ten improbable minutes at sea that changed the course of history—also beautifully covered in Bandits of Madagascar.
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Posted: June 23, 2020, 12:39 am
Tea, Biscuits, and Empire: The Long Con of Britishness
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Posted: June 22, 2020, 12:17 am
