Monthly Archives: February 2014

Rhode Island’s Industrial Might Boosted the Union’s War Effort

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Fred Zilian

(This essay was originally published by the Newport Daily News on February 19, 2014.) Many historians consider the Civil War the first “modern war,” by which they are referring to two things. It was the first war to mobilize the … Continue reading →

What the Robins Tell Me: Climate Change Is Our Problem

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Fred Zilian

(This essay was published originally by the Newport Daily News on February 12, 2014.) Even before Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring in 1962, I was environment-curious. Sixty years ago in northeast New Jersey, I watched the trash men haul away … Continue reading →

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Rhode Island’s Industrial Might Boosted the Union’s War Effort

What the Robins Tell Me: Climate Change Is Our Problem

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