I’m surprised to see the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) make such a broad statement, since there are numerous situations in which biomass is a boon to our environment. Take forest waste as an example. Here’s woody mass that would …
The Natural Resources Defense Council Has a Strange Position on Biomass Read More »
Anyone who lets a philosophy destroy his perception of the world is an idiot. A possible exception to this is Schopenhauer’s statement (which I paraphrase): We live our lives in such a way to distract us from the fact that …
I’m not sure an atheist can answer this question, other than to say, “One either believes in things where there is evidence, or one doesn’t, and I was wired to be the former as opposed to the latter.” Speaking for …
The “discovery” that these four African girls supposedly made is called a microbial fuel cell, actually initiated in 1911 by an Englishman. Among the other misstatements here is the idea of “six hours of electricity.” How much electricity? That’s like …
Until a phone call last night, I was unaware that the ferocious censure of Dr. Anthony Fauci by the right-wing news media continues to this very moment. Apparently, all this ill-will is based on the idea he got the science …
The Ongoing Attacks on Dr. Fauci Are a Curious Matter Read More »
At left is the essential tragedy of American politics of the last ten years. But were our citizens’ dealings with the U.S. governments ever honest, at any real level? Of course not. Consider the robber barons of the late 19th …
Why Today’s Corruption in the United States Is Worse than Ever Before Read More »
In my recent post: What Can We Learn from Emerson? I wondered why I have a lower opinion of the world and the people living on it than I did a decade ago, and I contemplated what that says about …
What Can We Learn from Emerson? — Another Thought Read More »
Many of us have come across this quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson, but have we really thought about it? I hadn’t until just now. I’ll admit that I have a lower opinion of the world and the people living on …
Many pundits in the U.S. political arena have this subject on their minds: how did we get to a point where working class Americans–mainly white, religious folks with high school diplomas, residing in the center of the country, generally working …
Where Did the American Working Class Go So Tragically Wrong? Read More »
I just had a conversation with a friend who laments that one of the scummiest people she knows received a huge and unexpected inheritance. Thinking of the song performed in the video below, I replied, “Good things happen to bad …
