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The Muse

6/24/2010 – 3:47 pm

I found Clio in her cave, high above the Aegean Sea. She looked up from the scroll she was writing when I entered; dozens of other scrolls lay half-unrolled, perched on rocks or unwinding across the floor. “The technology, of course is unprecedented,” she said, knowing already what subject I’d come to discuss, “The other […]

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Out of Commission

6/17/2010 – 10:49 am

On May 20, Lee Hamilton and Thomas Kean, leaders of the 9-11 Commission, told a congressional committee that six years after the commission completed its work, the federal government has not taken the steps needed to implement the commission’s recommendations. The next day, President Barack Obama announced the formation of a commission to investigate the […]

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“We’re Gonna Need Bigger Boat”

6/10/2010 – 11:40 am

My neighbors are starting to refer to our block as “The Farm” because of all the fruit trees and vegetables that grow in our gardens. We have bees and chickens and the guys across the street make beer with hops that grow along our fences. Margaret is our master gardener, dispensing advice. Last week she […]

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Sickness and Secrecy

6/3/2010 – 5:07 pm

Forty days and forty nights into the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster and BP is still sticking to the corporate cover-your-ass play book Exxon wrote after the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989 and may even be adding a new chapter or two. As I mentioned two weeks ago, BP’s doing a much better job on the […]

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The Watershed

5/27/2010 – 12:01 pm

It’s been in the 90s this week in northwest Vermont. In May. This is: a) proof of global warming b) just deserts for middle-aged idiots who decide to start running again after 30 years c) all of the above d) none of the above e) maybe the above The correct answer is e) maybe the […]

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Who’s in Charge?

5/20/2010 – 10:02 am

Today is the one-month anniversary of BP’s massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and it’s still spilling. Much has been said, much less done. The question that looms largest in my mind 30 days later is: Who’s in charge? If you’ve been paying attention, the answer is clearly: BP. There’s some justification there […]

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Unanswered Questions

5/13/2010 – 10:51 am

It’s now been over three weeks since BP’s oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded, burned and sank in the Gulf of Mexico. These have been hectic weeks for all concerned, no doubt, but the paucity of information available to the public is at best, discouraging. How much oil is flowing / has flowed into the Gulf […]

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