The good news is that the U.S. wishes to play a major role in bringing electrical power to 50 million people in sub-Saharan Africa. Apparently the reason is international relations on a grand scale; if we don’t do it, China …
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A friend sent me this piece on a new Kansas law that enables its citizens to deny service to gay people if such service runs counter to “sincerely held religious beliefs.” He writes: “My perspective on this travesty: “Separation of church …
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Santa Barbara is lucky enough to have one of the 13 Karpeles Manuscript Library Museums. Yesterday I checked out several dozen original documents that happened to interest me, including the first page of one of the world’s most beloved pieces …
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I thought I’d publish this letter that my dear friend Ray Korns sent to a bazillion government officials, expressing his outrage as to what’s happening here in the U.S. with respect to NSA spying and the manipulation of the Internet. …
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It saddens me when I hear someone say something like, “Oh, I’m not into politics.” While I deeply sympathize with folks who are frustrated by government, I wonder if they know that the word “politics” derives from the Greek politikos, …
While U.S. football fans spent last Sunday eating and drinking their way through the Super Bowl, few noticed that it was also the birthday of Ayn Rand, author of philosophic novels. Her concept, as we all know, is that individual creativity, …
As I’ve written here once or twice before, it’s unconscionable that the U.S. doesn’t have an energy policy. What’s the matter with picking a direction and heading that way? Apparently, the Japanese province of Fukushima has done exactly that, prompted, …
Apparently, comedian Bill Maher (pictured here) plans to use his talents and stature as a celebrity to identify and remove “the worst member of Congress.” Though there are dozens of excellent candidates, I suppose I would nominate Jim Inhofe, (R, …
My friend Larry Miles, whose breakthrough in wind turbines I prominently feature here on my list of clean energy investment opportunities (it’s #6), writes: I was thinking about your piece on the sad state of the non-existent U.S. Energy Policy, …
A reader sent me this: Kudos to General Mills for seeing the writing on the wall and releasing GMO-free Cheerios. This is a huge step in the eradication of this highly destructive agricultural “technology” that industrial agriculture has been pushing …
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