A Matter of Perspective? Or Insanity?
By Kermit M. Hovey, Jr.
A Matter of Perspective?
We’ve all seen the headlines and reports declaring that last month was the hottest July on record, not just for the US but for the entire globe. We may also …
What Does Success Look Like?
By Kermit Hovey
“What does success look like for you?” The UW Madison doctoral student lobbed that query at me to start off a one-on-one Zoom meeting last week. I had said yes to their interview request weeks earlier. Their …
Climate Crisis Consequences Corner Us
By Kermit Hovey
My son in Brooklyn (the New York City borough, not the Wisconsin village) reports campfire smells seeping into his closed-up apartment under a threatening, hazy orange sky. A librarian here in Middleton comments that difficulty breathing after …
Saving the Great Lakes
By Barbara Stamiris
If you visualize our water planet from afar, sending oil through Earth’s largest freshwater system is unfathomable. Even in 1953, using the Great Lakes as a shortcut for Canadian oil was senseless, except to the oil company.…