Michael Flynn, Crackpot
Senior Energy Analyst Robert Rapier writes: It’s hard to believe, but this guy was once highly respected. Now he has revealed himself as a total crackpot.
When you look at people like Flynn and Rudy Giuliani, you’re left wondering why people with fabulous reputations could decide to flush their good name down the toilet. Of course, these two lunatics do have something in common: Trump. It’s not hard to imagine that the former president could by quite forceful in twisting people so as to get them to forego their integrity and good standing in our civilization.
Another group of people that surrounds Trump is composed of white collar criminals like Steve Bannon, Roger Stone, Michael Cohen, Rick Gates, Paul Manafort, George Papadopoulos, and Allen Weisselberg. These people didn’t have to give up a reputation of honor, because they never had one to lose in the first place.
This is a good example of the logical fallacy called “equivocation,” which means using the same word in two different senses. For example, “Good steaks are rare these days, so be sure not to get yours overcooked.”
As we all know, correlation doesn’t imply causation. It’s perfectly possible that our ceasing to tax the ultra-rich, which actually began in 1980 with Ronald Reagan, wasn’t the cause of the collapse of our educational system, middle class, etc.
Almost half the country lives in a fairyland in which reason and intelligence have ceased to matter.
Here are the first few questions of an online survey, written (obviously) by a right-wing group.
Let me make another point to Britt Bee, who writes: We all need to be very careful about being rich white people telling poor brown people (how to lead sustainable lives). 
Britt Bee writes: Any discussion of population is a minefield and population control itself is considered a ‘wicked problem.’ Traditionally, thwarting population growth has been associated with racism and eugenics and it will take a lot of unpacking to arrive at policies that will be trusted. We all need to be very careful about being rich white people telling poor brown people that we know best about how many poor brown people there should be. A valid argument made on the issue is when representatives from poor but populous regions point out that their per capita ecological footprint is far smaller than that of Western nations. It is our lifestyle that is unsustainable, not theirs. 
They’re despicable people, but they didn’t break the law.
A reader sent me this simple key to happiness. Here are alternatives, off the top of my head. You can:
Sue gets up at 6 a.m. and fills her coffeepot with water to prepare her morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards.
