It’s entirely rational for political dissidents, even here in the good ol’ USA with its First Amendment protections, to watch their backs, staying alert to threats to their physical and financial well-being. If you think this is all paranoia, ask …
Category: Renewables – Politics
American Energy Society Calls Out U.S. Department of Energy’s Horrific Lack of Integrity
Here’s an interesting note I came across in the newsletter “Energy Matters,” a publication of the American Energy Society, describing the process through which the Trump administration, through the Energy Department, has started withholding money for grants already approved by …
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The Dialectic: Activism Blossoms Under the Trump Presidency
This isn’t an original thought, but it’s a good one. It was expressed yesterday by the Governor of Vermont, who said something like, “The only good thing about the Trump presidency is that it has turned tens of millions of …
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Keeping One’s Mouth Shut About Trump Is Wrong
A commenter writes: President Trump isn’t the anti-Christ; he’s simply a president you dislike. No, he’s not simply a president I dislike; he stands and acts in direct opposition to the principles held by decent people everywhere. If he were …
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Trump’s Press Secretary Shawn Spicer’s in Trouble. But Why, Since He’s Perfect for the Job?
Here’s a conversation on Facebook that presents my viewpoint. Liz McCleney He (Spicer) misspoke (about Hitler’s not using chemical weapons), he apologized; move on.
U.S. Public Needs and Wants Mean Essentially Nothing in Congress
If you’re looking for more evidence that public opinion and law-making have identically zero to do with one other, here’s a case in point: Bernie Sanders is the most popular senator in the U.S. Congress, and Mitch McConnell is the …
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Stephen Hawking’s Harrowing View of Human Civilization
If you want to hear that this is the most frightening time in U.S. history, you can simply Google it, and read any of the 5.6 million articles posted on the subject. But if you want to hear it from …
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We’re Writing and Calling our Representatives in Congress, Right?
Like most of the people reading this post, I write and call my congresspeople frequently, requesting/demanding one thing or another. Here’s the letter I got back from the newly elected U.S. representative from my district in California, Salud Carbajal (for whom …
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Retired General: Trump’s Plan to Eliminate PBS Weakens America
It may not come as news that educated people make better decisions in the voting booth on all matters, including national security. That’s certainly the viewpoint of retired four-star U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal (currently a professor at Yale). In …
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A Pair of Notes on Trump
A reader notes: Trump is not the entire problem. Oh, I totally admit that Trump isn’t the entire problem; in fact, I view him as a symptom of the problem that started here when the neoliberal movement began about 40 …
