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Mistaken as he may have been about evolution, he was by no means alone.
David McCullough • Brave Companions

bucolic.
Kai Bird • American Prometheus
Since the close of the crevasse period, land loss to the south has brought the city some twenty miles closer to the Gulf. It’s been estimated that for every three miles a storm has to travel over land, its surge is reduced by a foot. If this is the case, then the threat to New Orleans has grown seven feet higher. “Drive out nature though you will w
... See moreElizabeth Kolbert • Under a White Sky
CPRA’s “bold” scheme for saving Plaquemines is to rehabilitate the crevasse for a post-crevasse age. The agency’s master plan calls for punching eight giant holes through the levees on the Mississippi and two more through those on its main distributary, the Atchafalaya. The openings will be gated and channelized, and the channels will themselves be
... See moreElizabeth Kolbert • Under a White Sky
hortatory
Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
Peril
