HBG Big News This Week: December 18-22, 2017

Ice Climbing in Rocky Mountain National Park

Are you itching to check something off your adventure bucket list this winter? This might just be the nudge you are looking for: right now, ice climbing in Rocky Mountain…

Q&A: KAREN ELLIS AND ALISON GAYLIN

Gaylin: Elsa is such a fascinating and complicated character. How did you first come up with the idea for her? Ellis: My mother had just died rather unexpectedly, and writing…

Where to Stay in Kilauea, Kaua‘i

Large hotels and condominiums are absent in the lush jungle area of Kilauea. Accommodations here are limited to vacation rentals and small cottages, which is a good thing in hopes…

Jamaica’s Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park

Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park covers the highest and steepest terrain in Jamaica. This alpine terrain is the last known habitat for the endangered giant swallowtail butterfly, the…

7 Places for Incredible Hiking in Colombia

Rainbow rivers, lush jungles, volcanic lakes, and stone steps leading to a lost city: hiking in Colombia is the best way to drink in the wonders of this beautiful country.

Victor Davis Hanson’s THE SECOND WORLD WARS reviewed in the American Spectator

“As I struggle in my office to capture Hanson’s analytical tour de force in review, I can see the shelf full of books on World War II that I’ve read…

David Patrikarakos’s WAR IN 140 CHARACTERS reviewed in the Washington Post

“Important and accessible…A relatable, even enjoyable, introduction to the way the battlefield has moved onto our phones and laptops, and from there directly into our brains. War in 140 Characters…

GRASS ROOTS author Emily Dufton interviewed on CNN’s Smerconish

With California the latest to legalize, will the rest of America follow? Not so fast, says the author of a history of the battles over marijuana.

One Bin at a Time: The Pioneering Mind Behind Worms Eat My Garbage

HBG Big News This Week: December 11-15, 2017

The New York Times: Donald Trump Did It

Yes, President Donald Trump has sexually harassed women. This concludes my ethics investigation. I hate to bore you with technical jargon, but I suppose it’s important, in the interest of…