Confessions on Earth Day, Part I

Whither Earth Day? Even as we speak about this little miracle of soil on which we spin and hurtle through space, its fate becomes more perilous. What was created over millions of years, what grows, so improbably, amazing life, is at risk. Earth Day is a good time to consider the lilies--not even how they are jeopardized but why. I admit that having celebrated earth and calling us ourselves out over our role in its abuse is not a new conundrum. Our earliest ancestors used sticks to scratch cuneif...