by Stanley A. Temple | Jul 20, 2015 | Magazine Article
“If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder … he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in.”—Rachel Carson I recently read an editorial by Harold W....
by Nicole Miller | Jul 20, 2015 | Magazine Article
Generally it’s a bad thing to be called a “hoarder.” In David Nelson’s case, however, his pack rat tendencies are for a good cause—and will soon come to a very good end. Nelson, an emeritus professor of biochemistry and de facto historian for the UW–Madison College of...
by Jason Smith | Jul 20, 2015 | Magazine Article
The final verse to the living poem we all knew as Ellen Kort was completed when she passed this April at the age of 79. Appointed by Governor Tommy Thompson as Wisconsin’s first Poet Laureate from 2000–2004, Kort was also the author of numerous books about her local...
by Jason Smith | Jul 20, 2015 | Magazine Article
Now that I am entering my eighth year as editor of Wisconsin People & Ideas, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on what this magazine means to me—and to its readers. One way to think of the magazine is as a bridge to understanding. And I, as editor, am at turns...
by Jane Elder | Jul 20, 2015 | Magazine Article
This spring, the Wisconsin Academy brought together our Waters of Wisconsin Initiative leaders for a day of intense discussion about the state of Wisconsin’s freshwater ecosystems. Part of our discussion was devoted to the health of the Great Lakes. During a break, I...
by Sean Avery | Jun 15, 2015 | Magazine Article
I can have anything& everything I ever wanted.—Kid Cudi I wanna be like the Silver Surfer,coasting on white-hot solar winds at the expanding universe’s edge.In my dreams I take that form:I project past planets our Sunhas claimed, where starsblossom & fadelike...
