I have a bit of a background in economics so here’s how Supply and Demand works: Supply is the quantity of goods producers can provide; Demand is the quantity of goods consumers want. The intersection of these two things determines the price. This immutable truth is the only thing John Maynard Keynes and Adam Smith agreed on and is true […]

One cannot claim to be born either an outdoorsperson or naturalist (literally, unlike a Spartic baby trialed on its first night alone on the mountainside, or Romulus or Remus and the She-wolf along the Tiber), just as one cannot prove to be born spiritual or religious, although one may quickly and early get a feel for the world, and a […]

Summer is here, so it’s time to work on a bucket list. As a kid, nothing was more important than summer break. The entire school year seemed to revolve around how many days were left of school before the next holiday. My high school English teacher, Mr. O, kept a running total of the number of days until Summer on […]