There may be certain ambiguities about the intention of America’s Founding Fathers. Does the Second Amendment grant the right of all individual citizens to own automatic weapons? (Doesn’t seem reasonable to me that the answer could be yes, but apparently, …
Category: Renewables – Politics
The True State of the Union
According to the Writer’s Almanac: It’s the birthday of writer Alexis de Tocqueville, born in Paris (1805). He was 25 years old when the French government sent him to America to study the prison system. He spent nine months touring towns and …
Gauging the Effectiveness of Political Protests
I know there are people who believe (albeit incorrectly) that civil unrest in the form of protests is ineffective in causing change, but I’m not sure how well that notion would play to the people of Puerto Rico just now; you’d …
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Trump’s Speech on the Environment
Here, my colleague Stephen Lacey, contributing editor to Greentech Media and host of the podcast “The Energy Gang” (pictured), takes on an interesting question: Why is Trump talking about the environment? Why now? What does it tell us about Trump’s …
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Woody Guthrie and the Politics of Division
From the Writer’s Almanac: Today is the birthday of Woodrow Wilson — aka “Woody” — Guthrie, born in Okemah, Oklahoma (1912). Woody Guthrie never finished high school, but he spent his spare time reading books at the local public library.
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Civil Disobedience
It seems appropriate that we would use this day, the 202nd birthday of Henry David Thoreau, to remark on the dramatic rise of protests in the United States. As reported here, the largest protests in American history are happening now, and …
Cabinet Members and the Race To the Bottom
If there were a contest for the egregious cabinet appointment, a case could be made for a great number. Being an “energy guy,” I could talk for days about Energy Secretary Rick “science behind climate change is unsettled” Perry.
Attacking the United States
Honest Abe’s quote here is both interesting and inspiring, but is it true? Both China and Russia are in the process of driving the United States into obscurity and irrelevance, each using its own weaponry–both clever in their own regard, …
Satire: U.K. Unable to Find Replacement Ambassador Who Does Not Think Trump Is an Idiot
From New Yorker Magazine’s satirist Andy Borowitz: LONDON (The Borowitz Report)—Following the resignation of its Ambassador to the United States, Kim Darroch, the government of the United Kingdom has disclosed that it has been unable to find a replacement for …
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The Free Press Under Attack
Each of the many challenges facing humankind is exacerbated by our failure to realize how grim the situation is. Obviously, this applies to things like climate change, where, remarkably, we have a whole political party in the U.S. in which …
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