I’m not one to make fun of the impotence of the United Nations; I wish it weren’t so. But this one does seem to be a bit outside their realm. What does the UN’s declaring something to be a human …
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Insider Trading at the Top
Obviously. But as if there aren’t work-arounds? Dishonest wealthy people have always, and will always, find ways to beat laws like the one contemplated here. How much imagination does it take? Trade stocks through one of your 15 cousins. Whatever. …
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Doing One’s Own Research
Now, that line about the Dunning-Kruger effect is funny. When I entered the world of environmental sustainability in 2009, several people suggested that I should do my own research on climate change, and I had the same reaction as this …
Austria Has a Carbon Tax, But…
Here’s an article on Austria’s carbon tax that begins: “….In slightly more dramatic terms: “Habemus CO₂ tax.” But the reception in Austria and beyond was quite a bit more muted than the joyous announcement of a new pope. Environmental group …
Hey You! Watch Those Analogies!
I was one of those people who actually enjoyed taking the SATs. I was much better at math than verbal, but I remember the analogies fondly. These are tests of vocabulary, an example of which might be: Loud is to …
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Crisis of Democracy
From Salon: In a recent interview with MSNBC, former Republican strategist Steve Schmidt (pictured) issued a stern warning to Americans who have not yet grasped the nature of our present crisis of democracy. “We have an autocratic movement teeming with …
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Caring About Others Makes Trumpism Hard To Live With
This is precisely what I told my son when Trump was elected: Regardless of how bad this is for the country and the world as a whole, it will affect us directly very little, We’re not female, gay, Muslim, black, …
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America Has Changed, and Not for the Better
There was a time, not too long ago, when stupidity was stigmatized, and academic excellence was celebrated. As shown here, this is no longer the case. In our Congress, the two are on equal footing.
From the New York Times: In Alaska’s Covid Crisis, Doctors Must Decide Who Lives and Who Dies
This article presents a chilling position for a doctor to find himself in, forced to make the decision to save one life at the expense of another. Alaska is known for its rugged individualism and anti-government, anti-science sentiment. Thus, anyone …
The Dismal Story of the United States and Child Care
The chart below is just one more indicator of the fact that we really have very little regard for both our country’s small children and for their working moms. In particular, it illustrates the raw hypocrisy of those who refer …
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