Mike Davis must be tired of being pegged a disaster groupie. But apocalyptician isn't a bad niche for a lefty cultural historian in these calamity-drenched days. Although his writing spans both natural and man-made disasters, Davis spends most of his time on the overlap between the two—tenuous spots where man has heedlessly taken up habitation, like the desert ecosystem of Los Angeles. Davis made his name there with the splendid... More >>>