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Charles Wohlforth

Charles Wohlforth is a columnist for Alaska Dispatch News and the author of more than 10 books. His newest book, Beyond Earth: Our Path to a New Home the Planets, will be published November 15 by Pantheon.

articles/2017/03/07/no-living-off-world-isn-t-a-feasible-escape-plan/170306-Wohlforth-living-off-earth-tease_ti4ten
NOT SO FAST

Why Living Off-World Can’t Be Our Plan B

No matter how bad it gets here on Earth, it would be nearly impossible for anyone to move off-world anytime soon.

Charles Wohlforth

articles/2016/11/03/why-hillary-clinton-could-actually-win-alaska-over-donald-trump/161102-wohlforth-alaska-hillary-tease_tnjqs8
Moving Left

Why Hillary Could Actually Win Alaska

Mitt Romney beat Barack Obama here by 14 percentage points four years ago, but Clinton is up a few points over Trump—who’s just the wrong shade of red for Alaska.

Charles Wohlforth

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