Avian Flu
Such thorny questions brought folks into the arenas of scientific circles recently when the New York Times reported that two prominent publications, Science and Nature, have agreed to withhold some details about studies on the bird flu virus. Continue reading
Leonardo da Vinci rendering of a tree
The confluence of several experiences got me to thinking more deeply about journalism.
The first epiphany occurred after I wrote an opinion piece for the local Oregon daily that generated ire from several bloggers. The piece concerned a lawsuit surrounding cigarette packaging. Continue reading
More information about the blogger who faces a $2.5 million fine continues to creep into journalism’s circles and David Carr of the New York Times wrote an editorial this week that takes her–and the internet–to task.
Seems the blogger, Crystal Cox, went on a bender to ruin the reputation of an attorney appointed by the Oregon courts to manage the assets of a company that went bankrupt. Continue reading
When I think about what I’m grappling with concerning science, Indian ways-of-knowing, and western ways-of-knowing, I imagine a picture.
The current metaphor allows me to picture ways-of-knowing as a constellation, like an image of the Milky Way.
I imagine a set of beliefs at the core with long tentacles spiraling outward, extending into different dimensions that inform what we know and build upon what we believe. Continue reading
I learned a lot from an illustrated storybook I received when living in Iran, called Once the Mullah.
The mullah lived in a village with this wife and children, and offered advice to the local denizens. He was sometimes wise and sometimes foolish. Continue reading
Amazing how the spokes of my blog’s metaphorical wheel offer traction for other folks. Today I received an email from a lass who said she recognizes what it feels like to self-silence: she had read my blog on Dana Crowley Jack’s book about silencing the self. Continue reading
Climber George Mallory
The book by the National Geographic Society, Discovering the Inca Ice Maiden, describes the “find” as “an amazing adventure” as scientists “embark on a perilous race against the sun” to carry the body down the mountain. Continue reading
Cone Flower
I can readily point to such issues as language preservation, where tribes work diligently to teach language classes. The Osages run regular classes and the grocery store in Fairfax, Oklahoma, places labels in Wah-zha-zhe near some of the popular food items: flour, salt and sugar (wah-sku-uh, ni-skuh-uh and shaw-nee). Continue reading
I was recently swayed by a news story about a water bottle that keeps cold liquids cool and hot liquids warm from a company based in Oregon and bought one.
Problem is the bottle has to remain upright or it pools in my purse.
I returned home with a damp purse and had to dry my wallet and paper money by the fire. Continue reading
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