Blaming “the Deep State”
Why are there so many headlines about disarray in the Trump White House? Why is the Russian hacking scandal causing so much outrage in the media? Why is Hurricane Irma creating such widespred panic?...
Tagged: climate change
The Shaming of America
The bloated, red-faced figure standing in the Rose Garden and shown on TV screens around the world has become the symbol of America’s shame. Ironically, this is the man who promised to “make...
The Evil that Men Do Lives on
As Marc Anthony observed about Julius Caesar in Shakespeare’s play: The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones. By such reckless acts as canceling Obama’s orders regulating the...
Freezing in a Warming World
Brace yourself for a flurry from the climate change deniers this winter. According to a recently released study, parts of North America are in for bitter cold. And you know the scoffers will use the...
Vote to Save the Planet
If anyone should know the importance of a single vote, it’s Al Gore. He lost the Presidency by just 537 votes when the Supreme Court scandalously froze the Florida recount 16 years ago....
Subsidize Bolt Buyers
I just read that GM is ready to market an all-electric car that’s so affordable ordinary Americans will be able to buy it. How affordable? They’re trying to keep the price as low...
Save the World!
You know you want to save the world, so here’s your chance. Don’t let a climate change denying Republican win the White House. Not one of the surviving Republican presidential candidates is a moderate....
As Christmas Approaches
At this time of year, those of us who have the time – who are not too busy ducking bombs and dodging bullets, or scavenging for scraps in some failed state or dreary...
The Politics of Oil
New reserves have been discovered and new technologies have been developed making North America possibly the largest oil and gas producer on the planet. Meanwhile, new evidence is constantly emerging to emphasize the...
Facing the Nightmare
As the world’s leaders gather in Paris this week to belatedly address the urgent threat of climate change, China and India are blanketed in smog so thick that it has been declared a...