Category: Species Extinction

Putin v Penguins

By Mickey Friedman May 25, 2017 It’s not just John Podesta and the Dems. Or the French who’ve been hacked. Putin is after my penguin friends. For months, the website of Penguins United has been targeted. Hackers are trying an…

No Dumbo

By Mickey Friedman August 13, 2015 I got the text message at two in the morning. “Cecil the Lion? The Dentist? You ready for our side of the story?” He’d be the guy holding the bleu cheese crumbles in the…

The Melting Honeybees

By Mickey Friedman June 10, 2015 I’ve never been able to juggle. One ball’s going up, another is headed down, and another is suspended for a moment in space. Too confusing and the balls invariably fall from the sky and…

Mars for the Martians

By Mickey Friedman December 23, 2014 Some of us have decided to get the heck out of Dodge. And, as usual, the desire to flee is being sold as noble. So there’s talk of Mars. Elon Musk, who I’ve never…

The More Things Change, The More Things Change

July 14, 2012 By Mickey Friedman It’s hard to knock the French. What with their incredible baguettes and that nifty decision to call potatoes the apples of the earth. But they got it wrong when it comes to change. From…