by Hank Nuwer | Apr 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
by Hank Nuwer: The urge begins as a mere impulse. “I could write a book,” someone thinks. “I should write a book.” While millions have confessed a similar urge, few start — let alone finish — the task. One who has done so is John B. Lang. Californian by birth and...
by Hank Nuwer | Apr 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
Have you heard about the salmon scientific experiment underway in Oregon? Hakai magazine reports that field researchers may have found a way to persuade hatchery fish to swim upstream back to their hatchery home the way wild young salmon do. Now, as a cheechako to...
by Hank Nuwer | Apr 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
My wife Gosia and I returned yesterday from a working vacation in Alaska. The mountains wore a majestic white cape of snow. As we drove hairpin turns on the Kenai Peninsula, the Avis rental car belched an ominous warning noise. Gulp, a dashboard icon predicted...
by Hank Nuwer | Apr 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Hank Nuwer My wife Gosia’s dream to ride at top speed in a stockcar will come true next month. That’s her birthday gift from me. 10 years ago, I seized my own stockcar opportunity on the Lucas track in Clermont, Ind. “Dear Hank. Congratulations. Drivetech Racing... by Hank Nuwer | Apr 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Perhaps my most life-changing essay I ever wrote concerned the National Hansen’s Disease Treatment Center, the clinic in Carville, La., devoted since 1894 to the care of leprosy patients. The facility’s director, staff and patients inspired photographer Max... by Hank Nuwer | Apr 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Hank Nuwer Uncle Sam’s Signal Corps made great strides between 1900 and 1908 in establishing communications throughout Alaska. The main purpose of the lines was to keep various military command posts in touch with each other. But private citizens made ample use of...
