Editor's Note: The author, who has been published frequently by American Diplomacy, returned recently from a visit to Easter Island and discusses below some of the theories about that mysterious South Pacific isle. He seeks to tie his piece to what he terms "global warming/environment catastrophe-in-the-making discussions," on which he casts doubt.--Contrib. Ed.
It is always tempting to generalize from a particular. Thus a personal experience as a parent, a soldier, a citizen, or ...