In addition to what former Labor Secretary Robert Reich writes here, as I understand it, the real scandal is that DeJoy has a direct incentive to degrade the level of quality provided by the U.S. Post Office: his eight-figure investment …
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Fire the U.S. Postmaster–TODAY
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich’s message here is especially on target now that the USPS is in the process of replacing its entire fleet of postal trucks–get this–with gasoline powered drive trains. That’s right, we’ve finally reached the tipping point …
Tagged with: Big Oil, electric transportation is in the process of making internal combustion vehicles obsolete, frequent stops and starts take full advantage of regenerative braking, gasoline powered drive trains, internal combustion vehicles, Robert Reich, USPS is in the process of replacing its entire fleet of postal trucks
What Elon Musk Would Do If He Wanted To Help America
What the author of the meme says here is completely true, which is why there is no indication whatsoever that Elon Musk wants to help America. It’s clear that his primary motivation of restoring a megaphone to Trump and the …
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The Cost of Ignoring Our Problems
I was listening to economist Robert Reich talk about the mainstream media (MSM) the other day. He began by stating the obvious: the far right stuff from Fox, NewMax, and OAN is essentially a collection of lies and misrepresentations, and …
Tagged with: Carbon Fee and Dividend, costs of Desertification, costs of huge losses of land mass, costs of loss of biodiversity, costs of Ocean acidification, rapid decarbonization of our energy and transportation sectors, reorienting our approach to land use, Robert Reich, tax on carbon and deforestation
Hey, United States! Where Are You Going?
Those of us concerned about the sustainability of our civilization cannot ignore, even if we’d like to, the political rancor right now to go around in the U.S. Thus, I thought readers would in interested in this riveting debate between …
Despite Wanton Corruption and Political Theater, Environmentalism's Star Is Rising
A reader sent me this regarding my apology for having referred to habitual viewers of Fox News as “idiots”: Congratulations on your apology. It was well written and sincere. However, I can’t see how you can say Bill O’Reilly (from Fox …
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Sustainability Requires Social Fairness and Justice
My mother, who reads this blog regularly, hates it when I come out in support of concepts that could be viewed as leftist – and even if that weren’t the case, I try to tread lightly on the political content …
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Robert Reich on Corporate Personhood
I happened to be driving across the Los Angeles basin yesterday to see a local client when I heard the radio commentary of Robert Reich (Labor Secretary under Bill Clinton) on the exact issue we’ve been discussing here: the implications of …
