When the good people of Mississippi elected Republican Tate Reeves to govern their state in 2019, they did it, at least in part, based on his long history of ties to pro-Confederate groups. These are voters who look back with …
Mississippi Governor Declares ‘Confederate Heritage Month’ During Coronavirus Pandemic Read More »
That’s the headline from an article in today’s Washington Post. It appears that, since New Zealand’s coronavirus lockdown on all nonessential activities, it took only 10 days for signs that the approach here is working. They’re targeting “elimination” rather than …
New Zealand Isn’t Just Flattening the COVID-19 Curve. It’s Squashing It. Read More »
Here’s a deeply moving article by legendary environmentalist Bill McKibben, covering the greed and criminality of the oil companies and the banks that support them, explaining how they’re capitalizing on the pandemonium caused by the coronavirus to push through their …
In an earlier post today, I asserted that we live in times of extreme emotion. Who hasn’t had extraordinary appreciation of kindness, sadness at apathy to people’s suffering, and anger at the profiteering and gross criminality we see in our …
I wanted to publish the meme here, from “Media Right” and “MAGA Media,” to remind us of the news environment in which a significant part of the United States lives. There is a large, well-established, Fox News-oriented media universe that …
In Terms of Information, Some People Live in a Different Universe Read More »
Here’s an announcement from Toyota. It’s in Spanish, so my translation may not be perfect, but roughly: A new company will be formed under the Toyota umbrella, Toyota Green Energy, whose goal is to fashion a society in which people, …
The ubiquity of news coverage on the cornavirus has offered the fossil fuel industry an opening no one could have anticipated: the opportunity to claim that our civilization is too busy to worry about anything else. They’re using this to …
Pursuing a Coronavirus Vaccine and Renewable Energy Solutions: Walking and Chewing Gum Read More »
It’s a time when emotions run in extremes. Expressions of fabulous warmth and generosity bring us joy. Callous indifference to others’ suffering makes us sad. Greedy profiteering in emergency conditions makes us angry. At least that’s how this doctor reacted, …
Our Healthcare System Is Broken, And Emotions Are Running High Read More »
Here’s a compilation of interviews with people coming out of a church service a couple of days ago in Ohio–one to which she had brought her little kids.
For some reason, there is an enormous amount of fake news in the renewable energy sector. Why? Who benefits?
