tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461221580583652638.post6421449368119750243..comments2024-03-06T23:13:36.562-08:00Comments on Sense of Misplaced: Evolution, Creation, and ConservationBug Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461221580583652638.post-26549467081737805182009-03-16T22:48:00.000-07:002009-03-16T22:48:00.000-07:00Julie! I love your commentaries on NPR. I am hon...Julie! I love your commentaries on NPR. I am honored to have you visiting, and flattered to have your endorsement on the guide. Kenn is the one who made it look so nice, and reined-in my text:-) Take care, keep up the great work.Bug Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461221580583652638.post-23104619200924676502009-03-14T08:18:00.000-07:002009-03-14T08:18:00.000-07:00Thanks, Kenn, for alerting your FB friends to this...Thanks, Kenn, for alerting your FB friends to this essay. I've been thinking a lot about manifest destiny and the many sins we commit in its name. Intertwined with it, at least in the "conservative" political view, seems to be a "get it while it's there, and before anyone else does" view of natural resources--drill, baby, drill!. Killing the goose that lays the golden egg, in effect. And a faith that God is somehow going to take care of us and get us out of the mess we've made when nothing is left to exploit. That bumper sticker that reads, "The Earth is Your Mother" is resonating better all the time. Ours is the power to destroy, but also to protect. I will be watching closely, in this new political climate, for signs that the conservative right is beginning to "get it," and not just as a political ploy, but as a necessity.<BR/><BR/>Love your bug book,delighted to know about your blogs (thanks, Kenn!) I plugged it on an NPR Christmas book wish list before it came out. If you haven't seen my essay on the brown hooded cockroach, check it out: http://www.juliezickefoose.com/blog/2007/08/shiver-me-timbers-new-cockroach.html<BR/>It's a love letter to the bug guide.Julie Zickefoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654698829603424649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461221580583652638.post-16753501131265596692009-03-13T21:31:00.000-07:002009-03-13T21:31:00.000-07:00I've always admired your writing but I thought thi...I've always admired your writing but I thought this essay was exceptionally powerful and thought-provoking. I've taken the liberty of forwarding a link to a number of my friends because this kind of thinking and writing deserves a wide audience.Kenn Kaufmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04770640232654807723noreply@blogger.com