According to the honest people who have been to the southern border, there is no ” invasion.” It’s not an “infestation.” Trump’s tweet here is nothing other than an attempt to a) scare Trump’s supporters into continuing to back him, and b) distract people from the real events of the day–especially the fact that Trump is under legal attack from a dozen different directions simultaneously. (more…)
The validity of the theory of anthropogenic global warming is undeniable, though this doesn’t mean that scientists have an airtight grip on every aspect of what exactly is happening here on Planet Earth. Here’s a good example: a report that was released just a few days ago presents the fact that 90% of the heat energy absorbed into the Earth’s surface has gone into the oceans, with only 10% going into the atmosphere. (more…)
Question: What country just became the world’s first to reduce VMT with free public transportation?
It is understandable that this tweet, like all the others, is an attempt on Trump’s part to play to his base, but this is so inane and mean-spirited that it’s hard to believe that base is on board with the type of thinking and behavior that it represents. Apparently, he simply wants to dominate the news cycle so completely that he’ll do or say anything to make that happen.
Here’s a scholarly article in The Economist that discusses the morality of climate change mitigation. Not surprisingly, it comes down to the question: What value do we place on the lives of other people, in particular, young people and the yet-to-be-born? (more…)
It’s useful to think about the phase-out of fossil fuels in favor of renewables in three steps: (more…)
I’m not sure which I like better: the meme here, or this quote from Mark Twain, “Patriotism is the act of believing your country is the greatest country in the world based on nothing more than the fact that you were born there.” 
As Aristotle pointed out 2300 years ago in his law of non-contraction, two thoughts that oppose one another cannot both be true. Given that, consider the following two assertions: (more…)
As previously noted, our civilization has the technology to mitigate climate change and avert the catastrophe that’s coming our way if we don’t take action. The issue is scale; decarbonizing our energy and improving our land management will require political will. (more…)
Fox News’ Chris Wallace had an interesting exchange with Sarah Huckabee Sanders the other day, in which Wallace called BS on the White House claim that 4000 terrorists are pouring across the southern border. Wallace pointed out, “State Department says that there is, quote, their words, ‘no credible evidence of any terrorist coming across the border from Mexico.'” (more…)
