by Rich Wandschneider | Jun 8, 2023 | boarding schools, chaco canyon, Chuck Sams, Deb Haaland
I’m often surprised to find out that friends who follow political and cultural affairs closely still do not know who Deb Haaland is. With a hint, some of them come up with “oh yes, Department of Interior, isn’t it?” But her position and her presence are not front and...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jan 16, 2020 | Australian fires, Brian Fagan, Cahokia, chaco canyon, climate, great warming, little ice age, Philippines volcano
With fires raging and people fleeing to the sea in Australia, and evacuations in the Philippines in the face of volcanoes, I think about all the instances of weather and climate that have changed the shape of world populations. The few that I know about are certainly...
by Rich Wandschneider | Feb 24, 2014 | Alfred Crosby, Alvin Josephy, Brian Fagan, chaco canyon, climate change, global warming, greenland, little ice age, Medieval warming
In my last blog I wrote about an interview I came across with Alfred Crosby, historian and author of “The Columbian Exchange.” Crosby said that he had tired of teaching the standard American history of Washington and Jefferson, and, looking for deeper stories of early...
