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,...
Bumps, Pockmarks, Scars, and Slicks on a Forlorn Planet
This article was inspired by colleague David Guggenheim, president of Ocean Doctor, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC and dedicated to protecting and...
A Tax That’s Mean, Ornery, Daft, and the Wrong Way Round
What would you do if you received a bill from your local hospital after successful heart surgery, taxing you annually for your improved health?
That’s...
Savants of Misery: The Dark Side of Mobile Telephones – H. Bruce Rinker
My slow-growing epiphany began in 1996. I stood in an elevator cage silently with four other men in a building in Tel Aviv....
Did God Design a Disposable, Ah Hem . . . Appendage?
On 12 February 2013, Charles Darwin’s 204th birthday anniversary, BBC science reporter Rebecca Morelle published a startling column entitled, “Sea slug’s ‘disposable penis’...
The Question of Science in an Election Year
A few years ago, while visiting a friend who lived and worked in a Chicago suburb, I browsed a locally-syndicated bookstore. I noted...
An Obscenity of Assets, a Dearth of Compassion
by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D.
As a citizen of this good nation, and as a 10th-generation Virginian native to the Shenandoah Valley, I am...
