The plummeting price of solar PV delivered what appeared at the time to be a death blow to the solar thermal industry, aka concentrated solar power (CSP). Here, however, we have the Israeli government unveiling a $23 billion USD plan …
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“This Is How Change Happens”
Ari Berman is an extremely senior journalist and author, best known for his reporting on challenges to voting rights in the U.S. From his bio: (Berman) is a former senior contributing writer for The Nation magazine and a Fellow at The …
In Union There Is Strength–Full Public Statement by Gen. James Mattis
An open letter from former Defense Secretary James Mattis: I have watched this week’s unfolding events, angry and appalled. The words “Equal Justice Under Law” are carved in the pediment of the United States Supreme Court. This is precisely what …
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Air Elevator
Here’s a home elevator that its creators say is “Powered by the Most Abundant Resource in the World… AIR!” And here’s a discussion with their support team: Support: Thank you for your interest in our Vacuum Elevators! How may we …
U.S. Needs To Join All Other Developed Countries in Police Procedures
I’m going to be 65 in a month, and I’m just now learning that U.S. policemen can use deadly force even if another tack could have been effective in disabling a suspect. That’s part of the reason black people are …
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Good News from America’s Heartland
Most people are good, and do the right thing whenever possible. The kind people of Iowa voted out nine-term Republican racist-from-hell Steve King in the GOP primary. Yes, this good news is tempered by the fact that a) he lost …
George W. Bush’s Incredible Letter
An old friend and I are discussing the amazing letter that George. W. Bush wrote about the deplorable state of affairs in America, that’s getting passed around on Twitter. Craig: I wonder who actually wrote this. But it doesn’t really …
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The Flag of Treason
Here’s a 60-second television advertisement produced by the Lincoln Project, an American political action committee formed in late 2019 by several prominent Republicans and former Republicans in an effort to prevent the re-election of Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential …
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George Will: Vote Out Trump and All Enablers
It’s a lucky break that George Will graduated from my alma mater Trinity College exactly 15 years before I did; this means that our reunions coincide, and thus I occasionally get to listen to him speak. What a treat it …
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Trump’s Newest Tool To Engender Outrage
When I was at Georgetown University studying philosophy in the late 1970s, I found that a significant number of professors, even those in math and sciences were Jesuit priests. i.e., members of the Society of Jesus (SJ).
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