At Outside, Stephanie Pearson explores Lake Superior’s extreme history, expanse, diversity, and dangers.
Pam Mandel
Posted inEditor's Pick
Why Lake Superior Is the Country’s Most Overlooked Playground
“I’ve spent the past 20 years writing about far-flung places, from Tasmania to Bhutan, and here I am awed by one of the most pristine, wild, and hard-to-reach regions in my own backyard.”
Posted inBlog Post, Commentary, Op-Ed, Reading List
My Electric Bike is Not ‘Cheating.’ And It Could Replace Cars for Millions of People
My electric bike hasn’t replaced my road bike as much as it’s replaced my car.
Posted inArts & Culture, Crime, Current Events
These Activists Say Marijuana is a Gift from God
“But to bring cannabis to the region of the US where states are deeply red and religious and where pot is both a social taboo and a ticket to jail, Decker and others are harnessing their devotion to their faiths to evangelize for it.”
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Can Cannabis And Christ Coexist? These Devout Southern Christians Think So
The Deep South is the nation’s most religious region and the least open to legalized cannabis for medical or recreational use. To those who say marijuana is a sin, though, devout Christians are using the Bible to argue that it’s God’s “perfect medicine.”
Posted inNonfiction, Travel
Travel Writing for Americans Who Stay Home
An editor reflects on a career in travel writing, even as Americans travel less and are exposed to less diversity.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Wish I Were There: The Life and Times of a Travel Writer
Editor and author Tom Swick looks at how travel writing has changed over the course of his career.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature
Sometimes You’re the Bug. Far Fewer Times, of Late.
Spending less time cleaning your windshield? A group of researchers in Germany is trying to find out why.
Posted inCommentary, Essays & Criticism, History, Quotes
The Lost Art of Getting Lost
Pam Mandel’s absurdly earned travel resume is why she always have time for the same sentiments from other voices of this rootless era.
Posted inArts & Culture, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
Protect that Underwear Zone: Abstinence Only Sex Education
“When my state passed one of the most rigid abstinence-only sex education laws in the nation, I went back to school.”