I just came back from Antarctica: climate change is not a distant issue – it’s real and affecting us now.
The Antarctic is often seen as the most remote spot on our planet—frozen, untamed, and seemingly untouched. But does it really appear so pristine? This enormous icy continent is bordered by the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, the only current that links all of the world’s oceans, showcasing the interconnectedness of our Earth. This year, I had […]
Five years on, the outbreak of Covid feels both distant and too horribly close | Family
lAST WEEK My phone told me I made a little slideshow. It's one of them “It's good to remember!” The features you probably know well, such as the kind of wedding you did, or the kind of collated dozens of beach trips you took, scored with heart tagging music, like enough chili peppers, not pausing […]
Ron Howard and ‘Andy Griffith’ co-star Don Knotts are distant cousins
If beloved Deputy Bernie Fife and precocious grade schooler Opie Taylor looked like the family of “Andy Griffith Shaw,” it could be because the actors actually did. Ron Howard, who began his show business career, playing the son of Andy Griffith's sheriff character on a 1960s sitcom, said he learned that he and Notts were […]
Brent Primus’ troubled teen years a distant reminder for PFL semifinalist
Brent Primus is constantly aware of his journey every day. As well as his journey in the world of mixed martial arts, the former Bellator lightweight champion talked about the path he’s taken to get to this point in his life: 39 years old, happily married and with a “beautiful wife, three kids, a great […]