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• Never Say No to a Witch: Mai dire no ad una Strega

  This is a short story with a punch line in Italian that goes to show that some jokes or puns are untranslatable. But I’m going…

• Leadership Hope for a Warming World

  Several years ago, an Italian acquaintance said to me, “The growth of the Roman Empire was driven by testosterone, you know.” He was a polyglot…

• Three Score Years and Ten: Planetary health and your lifetime.

  A quotation from the Psalms recently came to mind. The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength…

• Remember how the Grinch stole Christmas?

  Remember the children’s tale of how the Grinch stole Christmas? Well, here’s a true life tale that tells a similar story. See the following link…