Vicarious Ski Mountaineering

Monday, May 7th, 2007

Don’t get me wrong. Having a new kid (and selling/buying a house at the same time) is a big adventure. But I am missing out on my favorite time of year—ski mountaineering season. So I’ll just have to live vicariously through friends… Chris Dickey, who works for Jackson PR shop Stanwood and Partners, skied the […]

Extreme Parenthood

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

Kieran Jacob Schnitzspahn

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

On April 18, Radha gave birth to Kieran Jacob Schnitzspahn. The stats: 8 pounds, 20” long, 13” head, blue eyes and his mother’s good looks Radha spent about eight hours in natural labor and truly was amazing, pacing, breathing, taking time to watch Much Ado About Nothing, and, at 11:13 delivering a healthy boy. Kieran […]

Farewell, Mr. Rosewater

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

“We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.” “And Lot’s wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and their homes had been. But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human. So she was turned to a pillar […]

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad River Glen

Monday, April 9th, 2007

I have a confession. I have never skied at Mad River Glen, yet I feel as if the place is at the root of the way I ski, the way I see a mountain. That’s because I have spent 10 years headed full speed through the tightest tree lines in Colorado and Washington with my […]

Chinese Carbon Offset Firedrill

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

Ah, some things never change. From the New York Times a day after the Supreme Court ruling that the EPA has to acknowledge CO2 as a pollutant… “Mr. Bush made it clear in remarks on Tuesday that he thought his proposal to increase automobile fuel efficiency was sufficient for the moment; he gave no indication […]

Yes, EPA, Carbon is a Pollutant

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of states and environmental groups suing the EPA for not recognizing carbon dioxide as a pollutant. This is very good news for the emergence of state and federal legislation that will start cutting back on the amount of carbon pumped into the atmosphere. And according to the New York […]

Nothing New is the New News

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

In other words… Syria is the new Cuba Nau is the new Patagonia Ahnu is the new Keen Local is the new Organic Bush is the new Nixon Blogs are the new Resume Blogs are the new Borg Porn is the new Crack Bamboo is the new Cotton Individuality is the new Conformity MFA is […]

Is It Springtime Yet?

Sunday, March 25th, 2007

Blog Journalism Rising

Friday, March 16th, 2007

I keep raving about the work of Josh Marshall and the Talking Ponits Memo crew—and how they are reinvigorating (and reinventing) politcal journalism. Well, the Columbia Journalsim review sure thinks TPM got it right with the US Attorneys purge story. “If you wanted to force the issue — and we would be surprised if some […]