In a conversation I had with my mother last night, she pointed out that, according to politically right-of-center RealClearPolitics.com, our Centers for Disease Control estimates the death rate of COVID-19 at 0.004%, and she wonders how that jibes with the …
Category: Sustainability
Georgia’s Rosy Coronavirus Data Is a Lie
Here’s a conversation on Georgia governor Brian Kemp’s reopening the state in the midst of the pandemic, based on reports that Georgia officials bungled the data in a way that’s hard to believe wasn’t deliberate. Glenn Doty: I knew that …
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Eviscerating Our Environmental Protections
Here are 28 of the 101 laws on our books aimed at environmental protection that the Trump administration has either gutted or is in the process of gutting. Those wishing to profit from befouling our skies and waterways have walked …
Trump Elicits Hate
I don’t know who “Big Daddy Wickster” is, but a) I like his name, and b) he’s a better man than I. It’s true Trump has accentuated my own (and millions of others’) capacity to hate, but mine had been …
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Sustainability and the Earth’s Population
I can’t give this piece on the world’s population enough praise. 200,000 years was required to grow the number to one billion. In the last 200 years, it increased to 7.8 billion. What does that mean in terms of consumption …
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A Lesson from an Unlikely Source
Please take a few seconds and watch this short but extraordinary video featuring a bear and a road cone. Then ask yourself how it’s possible that such an animal can act with more kindness and generosity than thousands upon thousands …
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Wisdom Amidst the Pandemic
As I’ve mentioned, one of my best friends from college, Beam Furr, now sports 90% less hair than he did in the mid-1970s, but still has a keen mind and warmhearted manner.
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America at an Ebb
Life is sad here in these United States right now, and for so many reasons. Can you imagine being the guy handcuffing the nun? What must he be thinking: “A woman of God has traveled a long way in a …
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Wisconsin Opens, COVID Cases Rise, But We Saw That Coming
Perhaps you think you’ve seen it all when it comes to the coronavirus. Let’s begin by getting the mundane out of the way.
Trump’s EPA Administrator Has Weakened Air Pollution Regulations, and Mom’s Clean Air Force Isn’t Havin’ It
A group called Mom’s Clean Air Force writes: In the midst of a global pandemic, Trump’s EPA Administrator — Andrew Wheeler — has feverishly ramped up his work to weaken regulations that protect us from air pollution. This would be …
