At last, we have arrived at the week of the Inauguration. After months of nail-biting uncertainty, we hope soon we can return to some semblance of democracy fairly and safely. Now we ask: which items on the current List of American Anxieties worry you the most in 2021 — which…

After a harrowing experience with high water in our neighborhood last month, I would like to thank Governor DeSantis for signing this week the Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience bill. The bill expands Florida’s resilience funding program, establishes a Statewide Office of Resilience and appoints a Chief Resilience…

Some people see things that aren’t there; we call that hallucinating. Hallucinations can be caused by a variety of conditions, including stroke, tumor, trauma, migraines and more. Other people don’t see things that ARE there, and there are two kinds of conditions to explain that. One is called willful blindness…

King Tide in Florida This Month Was a Wake-Up Call Important signs sometimes come in threes. I’ve heard it said that when two shocking things happen in a row, that a third is just around the corner. Here are three signs that emerged on a single day in my hometown…

By K R R Carpenter and George Fechter I am sheltering in place like most Americans, which allows time for reflection on the Covid-19 threat, the imperative of social distancing, the wearing of masks and the need for constant hand-washing. The computer models show us that this pandemic may take…