There Is Only War

In gen­eral, this blog is osten­si­bly about envi­ron­men­tal and dig­i­tal his­tory. This post, how­ever, marks a brief diver­gence from those themes, mainly in the inter­est of get­ting some­thing posted in June. As such and as a long time sci­ence fic­tion fan, I can­not resist post­ing these trail­ers for Halo: Reach: This last one, of course, has not­ing to […]

Grove

Cot­ton­wood Grove in the Fisher Pas­tures. Photo by: Richard. Peo­ple, out­side of acad­e­mia, often ask me what Envi­ron­men­tal His­tory is and why I study it instead of, say, the Rev­o­lu­tion, the Civil War, or World War II (the most com­monly ref­er­enced his­to­ries). Most of the time, I am at a loss about how to respond to their questions. […]