A Civics Lesson Every American 10-Year-Old Understands: Balance of Powers
Here in the good ol’ USA, we have three branches of the federal government: the legislative (makes laws), the judiciary (interprets laws), and the executive (enforces law and appoints judges to the judiciary). Case in point, the Clean Water Act was created by the legislative branch to protect the safety of all Americans by ensuring toxins stay out of our waterways and thus our drinking water, passing both the House and the Senate with huge bipartisan support. (more…)
There was a time at which it appeared that swapping out an internal combustion engine (ICE)-based drivetrain with a battery, controller and electric motor might be a viable way for the world of transportation to go. 
Here is the result of some fact-checking on 
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The statement to the left here is very much worth reading, as it speaks so beautifully to the core reason that the nation is so divided at this point.
A great deal of cleverness has gone into our present-day assault on the environment, as some of the decisions made by the Trump administration do double- or even triple-duty. Here’s a great example: tax reform that has allowed individuals and companies to write off 100% of the cost of a new or used private jet against their federal taxes. 
At left is the late astronomer Carl Sagan’s theory as to how we came to live in a post-truth world.
Anyone could have predicted how Donald Trump might address the subject of wind power. He’d start by falsely claiming that he “knows a lot” about the topic, then, in an effort to denigrate clean energy, he’d prove the precise opposite by making assertions critical of the wind industry that are 100% incorrect. 
While low marginal income tax rates are part of the issue, I believe the bulk of the problem is corruption in the larger sense of the word. 
