Conservation movements have won in the past. Can they do it again?
Christina Larson
Christina Larson is a Washington Monthly contributing editor and an award-winning science and environment journalist who has reported from five continents.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, September/October 2020
Ecology of the Indoors
Interior spaces deserve as much scientific inquiry as the wilderness.
Posted inBooks, July/August 2020, Magazine
Humans Don’t Have a Monopoly on Culture
A new book explains how species pass skills and knowledge down generations—and what it means for conservation goals.
Posted inEconomy, Magazine, March/April 2012
Not a Drop to Drink
How water scarcity will soon be Asia’s defining crisis.
Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics
Hua hua and good-bye
Dear Kevin: I’m in Beijing now, but wanted to say — your blogging sanity and clarity is even more appreciated from this distance. I can’t possibly read everything that’s out there, so I’ve had to whittle my Washington-centric reading; you’re tops. I hope you’ll forgive a moment of dog-blogging. This is Hua Hua, a Pekingese […]
Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics
Dowd’s Obama Fantasy
Dowd’s Obama Fantasy … I’m still puzzled that Maureen Dowd devoted so many words in her Sunday column to informing readers that she was a messy eater and a fan of good ol’ American BBQ sauce before launching into a discussion of Obama and his staffers’ latest alleged problem: appearing “effete and vaguely foreign — […]
Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics
Move Over Brangelina, for Barackichelle
Move Over Brangelina, for Barackichelle …. Just back from the grocery check-out line, where I picked up a copy of the latest Us Weekly, lured by the cover line “Obama Exclusive! Boxers vs. briefs, Britney & his best Just Like Us pics.” I admit I was pretty nervous, flipping through the endless pages of “Oscar’s […]
Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics
TV coverage: Two-to-one against Obama
TV coverage: Two-to-one against Obama …. With the GOP primary all but resolved, and the Democratic fight only growing more intense, Barack Obama finds himself in the unenviable position of being the chief target of attacks from both the Clinton and McCain camps. As the Democratic leader — with only a thin margin, depending on […]
Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics
Mike Huckabee, Reality-TV Prodigy
MIKE HUCKABEE, REALITY-TV PRODIGY….Republicans have long worked miracles in uniting improbable coalitions: social conservatives and Club for Growth plutocrats; missionaries and war-mongers; disgruntled blue-collars and impervious bluebloods. At present moment, Mike Huckabee has managed to, if not literally unite, at least draw affection from both bonafide social conservatives and ironic horn-rimmed glasses folks, like yours […]
Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics
Sorry Sen. Clinton, I sent the wrong one
SORRY SEN CLINTON, I SENT THE WRONG ONE … I got an email tonight from Jennifer Packer of The Israel Project with the subject line “Urgent correction”: The Israel Project regrets that it accidentally gave out the wrong statement for Senator Hillary Clinton, prepared for The Israel Project’s press conference on Iran July 19. Some […]
