One of the reasons there are so many terms for conditions of ice is that the mariners observing it were often trapped in it, and had nothing to do ex…

- Alec Wilkinson

Someone responding to intuition, to chance and fortune, often can't explain himself well.

- Alec Wilkinson

I don’t think there is any mystery to understanding the passionate feelings people have for guns. Nobody really believes it’s about maintaining a mil…

- Alec Wilkinson