H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D.

H. Bruce Rinker III, Ph.D. : In Memoriam

Bruce Rinker III, Ph.D., scientist, veteran science educator, conservationist, and explorer, passed to the Beyond on Sunday, January 7, 2024, at King’s Daughters Health and Rehabilitation Center in Staunton,...

H. BRUCE RINKER: Words That I’ve Lived By

During one of my morning meditation practices this week, I reflected on some of the...

H. BRUCE RINKER,P.h.D.: During These High Holy Days

This time of the year is filled annually with noisy festivals and twinkling lights, and...

H. Bruce Rinker: Oneing with the Lotus

As a scientist, I am intrigued by seemingly archaic words that regain a contemporary relevance...

H. BRUCE RINKER: Trump’s New Clothes

“The Emperor Has No Clothes” was a folktale published in 1837 by Hans Christian Anderson,...

H. BRUCE RINKER: Robin Hood’s Evil Twin

Collectively, the GOP is the personification of Robin Hood’s Evil Twin with Trump as the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham. With each threat, lie, fake...

H. Bruce Rinker: Walls for Nature, Bridges for Opportunity

  For politicians set on trimming budget excess and perceived necessities, there is hardly a more embarrassing boondoggle in a federal budget than a $100...

The Great Ignoble Apathy Among 21st Century People of Faith

  During a recent family visit, my 10-year-old nephew asked me what I thought about the current tenant of The White House. I responded, “I...

H. BRUCE RINKER: Do You Believe In Gravity?

An oncology nurse at a nearby research center asked me on an unseasonably warm day in late winter if the spring-like weather might be...

H. BRUCE RINKER: No, I don’t Hate Cats … But I Have Killed Them

In some circles, it feels like confessing to murder. As an ecologist, I have dispatched dozens of feral cats. Norway Rats, too, the occasional Domestic...

H. BRUCE RINKER: Pollution Has A Brand!

When Mexican businessman Alfredo Gandur inspected my photographs of marine plastics pollution along the coastline of the Yucatán Peninsula, including close-ups of manufacturer labels,...