Tag: climate denial

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 …

Scott Pruitt May Be Roundly Reviled, But He’s Really Had a TERRIFIC Year Read More »

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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 …

Do Climate Change Denialists Deserve a Platform To Promote Their Ideas? What about White Supremacists? Read More »

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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, …

Will the Stock Market Follow the Success or Failure of Trump Presidency? Read More »

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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.

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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 …

A Peek into the Future Read More »

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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 …

Climate Change and the US Political Landscape Read More »

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