Here’s Carolyn Goodman, the mayor of Las Vegas, population 645,000, and temporary home to 42 million visitors annually, explaining to U.S. television journalist Anderson Cooper why she favors reopening the city’s hotels, casinos, restaurants, and other retail establishments to tourists. (more…)
Sorry, Dr. Cotlar, but I wouldn’t call it “nuts.” We live in a country in which more than 40% of our electorate is either overtly racist or tolerant of blatant racism. These are people who believe what the president said about the protest/counter-protest in Charlottesville, Virginia, i.e., “There were fine people on both sides.” (See photo below.) (more…)
This shot from the surface of Mars may serve as a reminder that we are a speck of dust in an icy-cold universe, indifferent to our well-being. If we are to survive crises like the current one, it is up to us to put forward our best thinking and greatest levels of compassion.
Plant-based meats have made incredible advancements over recent years, largely as a result of biochemists having isolated the protein “heme” (rhymes with “beam”), which, though found in plants, plays several important roles in animal tissue. Heme lies at the core of what makes products like Beyond Meat and the Impossible Burger virtually indistinguishable from beef. (more…)
I’d be lying if I said this man doesn’t evoke my contempt. But I have other emotions here that are actually positive.
One is pity. As the meme begins, “How sad it must be.” We don’t know how he was raised, but it probably didn’t involve private education, genteel parents, lots of reading, golf lessons, smart friends, and a four-year stay at a liberal arts college. This is what happens when a country commits itself to underfunding education for decades on end, and because of that, he’s not entirely to blame for how he turned out.
Another emotion, strangely, is hope. The United States has come close, both in 2016 and 2020, to having Bernie Sanders in the White House. What would this country be like under those circumstances? Well, for one, a great deal of resources would be placed on improving the quality of public education, minimizing the number of poor slobs like this guy in the red hat.
Isn’t Pope Francis a wonderful counterbalancing force to the hatred and ignorance we find all around us?
Makes one wonder what life on Earth would be like if we had national leaders such as this giant of the spirit.
Only 22 percent of Americans say they support those protesting the stay-at-home orders. Despite Trump’s messaging, even Republicans oppose the protests 47 percent to 36 percent. Asked whether they agree or disagree with Trump’s “LIBERATE” tweets, only a quarter of Americans say they agree. (more…)
This is a temporary anomaly in the oil market, brought on by the dramatic reduction in demand due to the pandemic, and the fact that those buying oil at this point have to pay handsomely to store it. In any case, what Reich says is 100% correct.
There are several vectors conspiring against the oil industry, and the coronavirus is only one. Electric transportation and ramping environmental concerns are in the process of eating this sector alive. The divestment movement is driving up their cost of capital as well.
ExxonMobil common stock was trading at $87 five years ago; now it’s at $41. People are upset that they can’t get haircuts? There’s one for you.
Television journalist Piers Morgan, co-host of the U.K.’s Good Morning Britain, is a “personal friend of Donald Trump,” and has certainly been an important supporter. Up until now, that is.
Check out this fantastic video, in which Morgan calls out the American president for his egregious butchering of the coronavirus pandemic. (more…)
From Forbes:
There’s a potential risk for automakers that have aligned themselves with President Trump’s attempts to roll back current fuel economy standards that were established under President Obama. (more…)
