LEONARD HITCHCOCK
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Sep 25, 2026
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- Jul 10, 2026
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Opinion: Have you got it in you? (opens the original)
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I suspect you do. After all, our species evolved in nature and for tens of thousands of years we humans lived in nature-created environments. We humans, knew those environments intimately. Had we not, we wouldnât have survived. Itâs not unlikely, therefore, that you have within you an instinct, a deep-seated disposition, an emotional inclination that some scholars have called âbiophilia.â Unlock the rest of the article with a new subscription. Your support strengthens local journalism. S
Opinion: A death of your own choosing (opens the original)
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We, like all animals, have an instinctive urge to stay alive, and thatâs easily explained. Evolutionary forces dictate that any species that lacks it would quickly cease to exist. But another urge â the urge to reproduce â matters as much. Since death is inevitable, reproduction enables a species to perpetuate itself. In a good many species, adult death follows immediately upon reproduction and offspring are equipped with the survival skills â or perhaps just the sheer numbers â needed
Opinion: Egotism, racism, sexism... and speciesism (opens the original)
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We are annoyed by people who act as though they are better than others, including those who believe that their skin color is the source of their superiority. Weâve come to disapprove of those who regard women as innately inferior to men. Iâd argue that we should be equally critical of humans who assume that their species is intrinsically superior to all others and therefore think themselves justified in controlling the lives of all other living things, and treating only their fellow species-
Opinion: Capitalism has had its day (opens the original)
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Any proposal for serious social or economic change will contain two lists of assertions: one will concern the status quo and its alleged faults; the other will be an account of what improvements the proposed change will bring about. Neither assertion is to be trusted, and neither can predict how things will actually change over time. The public must therefore review both the validity of those claimed faults and, if the change is adopted, whether the change has corrected them, or perhaps created
Opinion: Capitalism has had its day (opens the original)
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Any proposal for serious social or economic change will contain two lists of assertions: one will concern the status quo and its alleged faults; the other will be an account of what improvements the proposed change will bring about. Neither assertion is to be trusted, and neither can predict how things will actually change over time. The public must therefore review both the validity of those claimed faults and, if the change is adopted, whether the change has corrected them, or perhaps created
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