Readers understand that I desperately want to see Trump gone, but if they want to see real passion here, they need to meet my wife. Becky’s having such a tough time with the day-to-day news about the climate denial, the …
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The End of Climate Denial?
We learned last year that mayors of coastal cities San Francisco and Oakland, CA are suing the oil companies for lying about their role in causing climate change, and the resultant rise in sea levels that are forcing their cities …
Scott Pruitt May Be Roundly Reviled, But He’s Really Had a TERRIFIC Year
If I asked you to name the very best year of your life thus far, you’d probably ask for clarification: Most joyful? Most productive? Most rewarding? You may end up talking about a graduation, your first love, the birth of your …
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Do Climate Change Denialists Deserve a Platform To Promote Their Ideas? What about White Supremacists?
In response to my post in which I discussed the futility of trying to convert climate change deniers using data and reason, frequent commenter MarcoPolo writes: You are quite right, there’s little point in discussing anything, with anyone, if you …
Will the Stock Market Follow the Success or Failure of Trump Presidency?
Here’s a short conversation I had about noon yesterday with a friend who manages a hedge fund, an extremely tiny portion of which is my 401(k). The guy is a “Type A” Trump supporter (see explanation below), and, like Trump, …
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George Will on Climate Change
A friend writes: Back on July 31, 2015 you posted about “Even the Elites Can’t Escape the Global Community, Living As It Does on One Small Planet.” You mentioned going to your next college reunion in June 2017.
A Peek into the Future
In this short and compelling video, Kip Thorne, American theoretical physicist (picture here with Stephen Hawking), suggests that our descendants 300 years from now will look back on the work we’re doing today and thank us for providing an understanding of …
Climate Change and the US Political Landscape
Here’s an email urging me to add my name to the #VoteClimate pledge: “I will vote only for climate champions who support a 100% clean energy future, and an end to taxpayer support of fossil fuels.” I complied with the …
