Cultivating Outrage

Liz and Jed, plus Cherie, the mother of the bride I went to the Research Triangle region of North Carolina for my niece Liz's wedding...

I sent the following letter to the Los Angeles Times (not published). Gale Holland ( "Repelled, held by the Church" , March 1,...

My broken fibula During our tour of Chiapas , while in San Cristobal, I had a touch of diarrhea. One night, in a strange hotel room, wh...

Victor and Rodney trying on traditional native clothes in Zinacantan. Sumidero Canyon Victor and I spent a week in Chiapas. (More phot...

Colorful houses in Merida. (More here .) This winter, I spent 6½ weeks in Mexico with Victor. Of course, he had to work most days, so I...

I sent the following letter to the Washington Post , hoping that if it was printed, Supreme Court justices would see it (not published): T...

Explorer 1 Late one night when I was 7 years old, my father took me out in our front yard. It was a clear night, and we could see lots ...

I sent this letter to the Los Angeles Times in August 2012 (not published): Re: "An eruv in the Hamptons? Why not?" (Opinion, ...

Link to more photos. I made a short trip to Yellowstone National Park and vicinity a few weeks ago. I'd always wanted to see th...

Rodney with salmon (see below) My first project at JPL was the Alaska SAR Facility , a receiving station for radar data from Earth-orbiti...