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My heartfelt thanks to all the readers who have followed this amazing case so closely since Mississippi Mud was originally published and who provided so much feedback and support, which is what made this new edition possible.
The environmental story is THE story of our age, our generation’s toughest challenge, our biggest threat, our greatest opportunity. But how do you make sense of it without your heart sinking through the floor? Enter the Eco Barons, the moguls, inventors, and assorted renegades who inhabit my latest nonfiction book, and who are quietly tackling immense challenges to our environment and our future. They are showing the rest of us that's it is not too late to make a difference. Their story is one I felt compelled to tell, because everyone really needs to meet them. Eco Barons named a top 10 environmental book of the year Time Magazine on the Eco Barons The New York Times: "We must all strive to become Eco Barons." Power of the Plug — Read an excerpt from Eco Barons on environmental hero Andy Frank, father of the plug-in hybrid car, published in the Saturday Evening Post (pdf file). The Ranch at the End of the World — Read my articles about the battle over plans to build a new city in the midst of one of the most ecologically unique wildlands in the country, Tejon Ranch, in a book excerpt in Los Angeles Magazine or a short opinion piece at NPR, then check out my Sierra Magazine article on the incredible wildlife and natural beauty at the Tejon conservancy. Browse Eco Barons and read excerpts Browse my Upcoming Author Events at Booktour.com Other recent articles of interest: Upcoming author events and interviews include: To schedule an event or find out more information, click here.
Most recently, I have participated in a number of "Darwin Week" and "Science and Faith" events and symposia, at such venues as the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Washington State University, Ohio State University and the State University of New York.
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Facts and Myths: The Monkey Girl FAQ — Although most Americans hold strong views about evolution and its alternatives, creationism and Intelligent Design, there are many myths and misconceptions about these ideas. Here are just a few... Read more.
Over Here And so it was: the post-World War II G.I. Bill. It revolutionized higher education, created suburbia, brought us the scientists, engineers, doctors, artists and teachers who built most of what is good in America today. My new book, Over Here: How the G.I. Bill Transformed the American Dream (Harcourt, Oct. 2006), recounts this sometimes surprising history and its lasting legacy. Consider it a book not of war stories, but of after-the-war stories, and in them you’ll meet film and theater director Arthur Penn (Bonnie and Clyde, The Miracle Worker, the Nixon-Kennedy debates), Nobelist Leon Lederman (helped invent modern particle physics), civil rights crusader Monte Posey, George McGovern, Bob Dole, Josette Dermody Wingo and many others. Hear an Audio Excerpt of Over Here and brief commentary by downloading my podcast here or get it in iTunes.
The Unwanted — For decades L.A. County warehoused its most unfortunate kids at MacLaren Children’s Center, an institution, like so many others nationwide, that’s as damaged as the young people it cares for. Delinquents bed down beside victims, and the aggrieved become the aggressors. Violence is the norm, dysfunction the rule. Read a first–hand report on the last days of a very bleak house, from my latest Los Angeles Magazine piece... Read more.
New Readers Guide — Get inside the secret world of juvenile justice with this helpful discussion road map for classes and book groups reading No Matter How Loud I Shout.
Narrative Nonfiction — An introduction to literary journalism, and must-reads of narrative nonfiction. And some thoughts about immersion journalism and reporting on L.A., too. Read more.
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— Imagine telling an entire generation they could receive a free college education at any school that would accept them — Texas A&M, Harvard University, the Sorbonne — anywhere. Throw in a monthly stipend for living expenses, plus more money for books. And when you graduate, there's a government-backed home loan waiting, no money down and no credit checks — buy a house cheaper than renting an apartment. Throw in subsidized farm loans, business loans, free job training, free medical care, free job placement, and up to a year’s worth of weekly paychecks until you find work. What insane congressman, senator or president would ever approve such a costly boondoggle? It could never pass today, for it would be the most enormous, far-reaching, life-changing government program in the history of the world. 
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