henry david thoreau

Thoreau’s Walden Pond Heats Up

Jan 16, 2014
A corner of the U.S. forever linked with the name of one of America’s foremost naturalists is changing as temperatures rise. Walden Pond’s familiar vegetation is not what it was in Thoreau’s day.
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They Didn’t Say It

Aug 31, 2011
Coffee mugs, bumper stickers and posters displayed at political rallies nationwide bear the clumsy distortions of remarks made by thoughtful people throughout the ages. The question of their popularity and endurance has been the subject of a number of recent essays. (more)

Climate Activist Goes to Jail

Jul 27, 2011
In his book "Civil Disobedience," Henry David Thoreau wrote: "Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison" And prison is where a federal judge has put Tim DeChristopher, 29, after he posed in 2008 as a winning bidder (more).