Most people’s reaction to the passionate and brilliantly written resignation letter below is one of congratulations. But is that correct?
What happens when the few remaining good people in the Trump administration resign? They’re replaced with bad people. Perhaps the best response to the criminal antics of our president is perseverance. (more…)
OK, that’s a joke, perhaps a bad one. But I thought this was too, until I realized it was completely on the level: Trump’s appointee to head the Centers for Disease Control believes that AIDS is God’s punishment for our society’s tolerance of homosexuality. (more…)
A few hours before the end of his tenure as EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt made a desperate attempt to exploit a loophole in an Obama-era law that would have limited the number of refurbished trucks with older, highly polluting diesel engines. (more…)
Oil giant Exxon covered up its knowledge about climate change
Questions: How much has the fossil fuel industry spent to avoid dealing with climate change since the year 2000? What is the ratio of what they’ve spent on lobbyists vs. all environmental groups combined? (more…)
This week in Helsinki, it became clear for the very first time what’s happening in the Russian-American relationship: The U.S. is under attack from an extremely intelligent and focused enemy.
First, let’s review: (more…)
We normally think of the various impacts of climate as occurring slowly over long periods of time, perhaps decades or even centuries. For example, no one expects to experience sea-level rise as he sits, sipping cold ones and admiring the bikinis at the beach. (more…)
Andrew Wheeler during his confirmation hearing
I normally enjoy punching out these blog posts; there’s usually a certain excitement that comes with communicating a message to a world that I believe needs to hear it.
That’s not the case here. It’s my duty to report that, as his first official act, the new EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler has relaxed the environmental standards that formerly restrained the operators of coal-fired power plants from dumping the toxic ash residue into our waterways. (more…)
One of the dominant features of life in 2018 is that so much of what we see around us has both tragic and comedic value. (more…)
As it becomes increasingly apparent that the U.S. president has an unsavory connection with Russia, the calls for him to face impeachment are getting louder. So where is this going? (more…)
As I’ve mentioned, George Will graduated from Trinity College exactly 15 years before I did, resulting in our having coincident reunions, which in turn means that I have the pleasure of listening to him speak every five years.
Since he’s an arch-conservative, I disagree with a great deal of what he says. Having said that, we’re perfectly aligned on Trump, and, in any case, I so wish I could express myself even a fraction as well as he does.
I thought I’d reproduce here what he wrote in his most recent column in the Washington Post.
Enjoy.
