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How being a football fan helped me understand climate change deniers
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RIP Javan Rhino (3 million B.C. – 2011)
RIP: Javan rhino (30 million B.C. – 2011) I sent the sad link to my kids: “The last Javan rhino in Vietnam has gone.” This stark quote came from the World Wildlife Fund Vietnam country director, Tran Thi Minh Hien, … Continue reading
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Australian gay murder investigation
The subject line from the email jumped off my screen: “Scott Johnson Murder CONFESSOR!” While on holiday with my son in January, the last thing I expected was a confession to a murder I had investigated in Sydney four years … Continue reading
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A Visit to Conspiristan: Obama, Osama, Krakauer, Kroft — and Mortenson
Sydney, Australia May 9 – I know it’s not customary to dateline blogs, but I’m in Oz and I’m going to write about perspective, so it seems fitting. Here in an antipodal suburb of the global village, I’ve just watched … Continue reading
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What’s the “Big Problem?”
In 1986, my ex-wife and I crossed the Khunjerab Pass into northern Pakistan’s Hunza Valley from China. On a recommendation from a traveler, we hired a guide to lead us on a three-day trek to the village of Shimshal. The … Continue reading
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60 Minutes expose on Three Cups of Tea is weak – and wrong.
I believe in the importance of journalism to ferret out charlatans, expose financial fraud, and hold people and institutions accountable. That said, it’s hard to believe why 60 Minutes decided that Greg Mortenson and the Central Asia Institute qualified on … Continue reading
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