In preparation for the chapter on national security in my first book, Renewable Energy–Facts and Fantasies, I interviewed James Woolsey, former director of the CIA. As I predicted, he was adamant about the need to mitigate and adapt to climate …
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Buttigieg is correct here, of course. But keep in mind that Greene’s audience isn’t intellectuals; it’s voters in one of the most undereducated parts of rural Georgia who find her ‘reasoning’ quite compelling.
The only thing we know for certain about these five facts about Brian Dahle, apparently a California gubernatorial hopeful, is that the last one is incorrect. No one about whom the first four facts are true could get anywhere near …
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From a reader: (At left) Pro-lifers praying with Herschel this morning to put the armor of God on him to shield him from his own son’s truth bombs. Sam Harris, author and neuroscientist, says that religion is to the mind …
As shown here, there are elements of our U.S. culture that other people find weird, to put it kindly. And obviously, a long queue for drive-through coffee isn’t the only bizarre aspect to life here. People in countries around the …
The language in the meme here is ambiguous, and I have to guess deliberately so. What does “move the needle” actually mean? Causing more than 5% to change their votes? Impossible. Like many of the midterm races, Wisconsin’s senate contest …
Here in the U.S. the most remarkable thing about the times in which we live is the fact that almost half our nation simply cannot see the truth in the meme here. For perhaps 55% of us, it’s as obvious …
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Apparently, this is a real statue in Japan, and what a statement it makes. One’s impact on the world is a function of their education.
What Margaret Thatcher said here is completely untrue. There are numerous government investments that add jobs (thus adding to the tax base) and make our country more competitive on the global stage. This why it’s such a disaster that the United …
Until I became an environmentalist, it never dawned on me that the traditional American lawn, i.e., a large expanse of a single species of grass that needs water, fertilizer, and herbicides, is an ecological nightmare. I would happily rethink this …
