I know I’m not alone in expecting that Trump would try to start a war with another country, as a ploy to gain re-election by making intense and unadulterated chaos rain down on the world. But did it ever occur …
Invading American Cities–It’s Never What You Expect Read More »
The Hawai‘i State Senate passed a bill that would prohibit the Public Utilities Commission from extending or renewing any contracts to generate energy from coal and phase out the use of coal in Hawai‘i by the end of 2022. Despite …
Lawrence Tribe has nailed it here. Trump’s use of the U.S. military against American citizens, functioning with no transparency and directed only by the president himself, is the same form of government that the world saw under Franco, Stalin, Hitler, …
In Pennsylvania, misdemeanor simple assault involves intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly inflicting bodily injury on another, attempting to do so, or putting someone in fear of imminent bodily injury. More serious assaults, known as aggravated assaults, are charged as felonies.
As shown here, as time passes, global warming means successively less sea ice in the Arctic. Since this ice is (was) floating, its melting makes no change in the sea level, unlike when even a far tinier amount melts off …
Focusing on Arctic Sea Ice Loss Is Important, But Doing It Isn’t a Walk in the Park Read More »
The comment at left is typical of those I’ve gotten frequently over the past few years from people outside the U.S. Sure, it expresses disdain, but it’s actually more about pity than it is about contempt. IMO, this guy nailed …
What are we to infer from the photo here? Do bankruptcy and divorce lead to drinking, or does drinking lead to bankruptcy and divorce? These are important questions because of their connection with the current-day political s***-show in American politics, where …
In the normal course of operation, human beings make productive but nondestructive use of nature, as in the case of our harvesting sunlight and using that energy for HVAC, transportation, etc. Sometimes, however, nature’s just not havin’ it. That’s certainly …
Sometimes You Get the Bear, and Sometimes the Bear Gets You Read More »
The 38% of the U.S. electorate that still supports Trump will look at the list here and see no connection whatsoever with modern-day America. To the rest of us, however, every one of these words rings true. As history has …
The driver facing the situation shown here finds himself in a real pickle: no turns allowed, but going straight isn’t an option either. It appears (though that can’t be true) that his only option is to back up. The United …
