Why Are 22 U.S. Military Veterans Taking Their Lives Each Day?
In response to my (admitted off-topic) piece about the suicide rates in the U.S. military, frequent commenter MarcoPolo writes: I’m certain many service personnel wouldn’t thank you for bringing them home. For some this is the job they love. The military life, including the prospect of danger and combat, is why they joined.
I hear you. This reminds me of a conversation I had on this subject 30+ years ago with an aging anti-war activist that went like this: (more…)
In the last couple of months, we’ve all learned to our horror that 
There is no dearth of news featuring grim stories about the world’s growing energy problems. These basically focus on the rise in price of electric energy which seems to be rising every year. Reason being, the utilities need to pay more for coal and natural gas, which they use in power generation. 
Those of us who were around in the 1960s remember the revelation that smoking causes cancer—how it mounted slowly year after year, until it became irrefutable. This gradual increase in the evidence was due to the time required to study large populations of people over a period of many years.
For those wishing to understand the current status of the 
Here’s a conversation I’m having on the subject of Germany’s Energiewende that I thought I’d share:
Here’s an article on the 
Here’s an article written for a nontechnical audience that simply explains 
