Richard KarelRuth Bader Ginsburg, Dianne Feinstein, and the Ascendance of EgoWe are witnessing the sad spectacle of yet another situation where a combination of age and ego-and in this case-judgment impaired by…5 min read·Apr 19, 2023----
Richard KarelKildeer in the City and the Coming of Spring(Photo of Kildeer in Flight by Mykola Swarnyk, Wikimedia Commons)3 min read·Jun 13, 2021----
Richard KarelSpring BeautiesOne of the simple joys of early spring is walking in the greening woods, absorbing the rising energy, and seeing wildflowers emerging…4 min read·May 2, 2019----
Richard KarelA Tweet That Changes Nothing on the Ground While (further) Undermining the Moral Authority of the…As anyone who has read my previous posts knows, I am a critic of the Netanyahu government and of the abandonment by the Israeli right of…4 min read·Mar 23, 2019----
Richard KarelThe Menschkeit of Elijah Cummings“Menschkeit” is a Yiddish word that describes, better than any word I know in English, what many of us witnessed in the words and demeanor…3 min read·Mar 8, 2019----
Richard KarelDestroying the Village to Save It: Undermining Planned Parenthood May Increase AbortionsDuring the Vietnam War, an unnamed U.S. Major became famous for telling a reporter during the bombing of the village of Ben Tre: “It…4 min read·Feb 26, 2019--3--3
Richard KarelEngineers, Human and Otherwise, and Walls of ExtinctionRecently I hiked on a trail in a conservation area called Black Marsh that runs to the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. On the way back, I…5 min read·Feb 25, 2019----
Richard KarelCollisions and ExtinctionsOn February 21, 1918, a male Carolina Parakeet named Incas died in the Cincinnati Zoo. He was the last known member of his species.6 min read·Feb 21, 2019----
Richard KarelNighthawks in the City and the Coming of SpringThe other night I stepped outside for a minute and was immediately mesmerized, a quiet smile suffusing my heart. The nighthawks were…1 min read·Feb 16, 2019----
Richard KarelCriticizing Israeli Policies is Not Anti-SemiticLet me state at the outset that I am a dual Israeli-American who served in the Israeli army. Now to the topic at hand.6 min read·Feb 11, 2019--7--7