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An occupational hazard of working as a demographer is to think about death too much. To balance things out, demographers think about life a lot too.

At 92, the poet and environmentalist Gary Snyder has lived an extraordinary life—from birthing the Beat Generation with fellow writers like Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg to winning the Pulitzer Prize for his book "Turtle Island," which has been described as a “poet’s love lyrics to planet Earth,” and even inspiring the release of the Pentagon Papers. With two new major anthologies out, this former UC Davis professor is proving that he still has a lot to teach us all.

Of all the folk tales and fables to accompany the Christmas season, few have achieved the level of immortality of "The Nutcracker," which is all the more reason why it should never be cancelled.

Thailand will be filled with Italians this winter, North Africa with the French, while Germans will be battling us for Tenerife's sun beds

When urban concrete and noise get too much, escape to these river islands right in the middle of the city.