When I was a small boy, it was presumed by the vast majority of Americans that our nation was a force for good in the world. This was not something jammed down our throats; it was something like a paradigm, …
U.S. Provides Military Assistance to 73 Percent of World’s Dictatorships Read More »
What Thomas Edison said here in the 1880s is a reminder that all this could have gone another way; i.e., the entire environmental mess in which we find ourselves today could have been avoided. Of course, before solar PV and …
I wrote a short piece on values earlier today: Teachable Moments In Our Nation’s Capitol. Here’s another, focusing on the meme to the left. Both of my kids will need to earn a living, I’m happy to report. Of course, …
The librarians of Citrus County, Fla., had what seemed like a modest wish: A digital subscription to the New York Times. For about $2,700 annually, they reasoned, they could offer their roughly 70,000 patrons an easy way to research and …
Many Floridians Won’t Be Exposed to the New York Times Read More »
Iowa is the first state to weigh in on the U.S. presidential primaries, so it’s important to get a read for the issues that matter there. Insofar as the state is landlocked and heavily dependent on farming, one might guess …
Iowa Devastated by Climate Change, Demands Governmental Action Read More »
I find this completely credible, and here’s why. When I do the right thing, even if it’s completely expected of me based on simple etiquette, like holding a door open for a lady coming into a grocery store behind me, …
Trump’s “Quid Pro Quo” Denial Should Raise No Eyebrows–Here’s Why Read More »
There is no value in my being too rancorous about this impeachment proceedings, but nor is there value in ignoring them altogether, and the meme at left is a good example of the reason why that is, i.e., these are …
In my post of yesterday: Volcanoes and CO2 Emissions, I quoted the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as follows: “The world’s volcanoes, both on land and undersea, generate about 200 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) annually, while our automotive and industrial …
The European Investment Bank, the world’s largest multilateral development bank, is soon to end lending money to organizations associated with fossil fuels. What happens when capital dries up? The entire industry slides inexorably into oblivion. Fossil fuels made the 20th …
Harmful algal blooms are not new to freshwater lakes, but they’re getting worse. From this piece: “For the last 1 or 2 decades, we’ve made a tremendous amount of progress in terms of understanding the links between climate and water …
