Stephen Jay Gould Dava Sobel Sebastian Junger Michael Shermer John Berger David Quammen Danielle Ofri Alexander Fullerton Charles Murray Bruce Jay Friedman H.L. Mencken Richard Hofstadter Alan Weisman Elliot S. Maggin Conrad Lorenz Nigel Barley Colin Fletcher Edward Wilson Olaf Stapledon Ami Tang De Berniere Alan Lightman Simon Winchester Edward O Wilson James Gardner Divadkaruni Kevin Phillips Alen Furst Mark Kurlansky Wallace Stegner Paul Bowles Stefano Benni Stendahl Herbert Petroski David Arora Laura Fargas Gjertrud Schnackenberg Ekaterina Sedia Peter Heog Michael J. Fox Al Franken Jon Krakauer Robert Reich Michael Ruhlman Tara Brach Robert Putnam Connie Willis Jeffrey Steingarten Jim Wallis