In this space the first week of January 2004, I predicted it would be the year that would determine whether or not American democracy would survive. In the last month of that same year, I was forced to conclude, with sorrow, that American democracy is doomed. Although I’ve been allowed brief moments of hope since […]
By floegel
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Also posted in Commentary, Economy, Global Warming, Nuclear Energy, Oceans, Oil
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Tagged Barack Obama, ExxonMobil, James Hansen, Rex Tillerson, Russia, Tar Sands, Vladimir Putin
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It’s supposed to snow tonight. It’s supposed to snow tomorrow, tomorrow night and into the middle of Saturday morning. Except during the warmer, mid-day hours tomorrow, when it’s supposed to turn to rain and then back into snow. Spring snow is not unusual around here, but tonight’s will probably carry radiation. It’s been dry since […]
By floegel
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Also posted in Civil Liberty, Commentary, Nuclear Energy, Oil
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Tagged BP, Chernobyl, Exxon Valdez, Fukushima Daiichi, General Electric, milk, tea party, Three Mile Island
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The presidential commission on the BP oil spill seems to be fulfilling the task of all such blue-ribbon commissions: ask the wrong questions, draw the wrong conclusions. The commission’s general counsel, Fred Bartlit, burst across the media Monday with his claim that he could find no cost cutting leading to the April 20 blowout and […]
What the Left Hand is Doing
Cognitive dissonance is name given to the discomfort caused by trying to simultaneously hold two conflicting ideas. Policy dissonance might be the name applied when two conflicting ideas are the basis for government action. An example: Texas is still in the worst single-year drought in its history and the hottest summer in Texas history just […]