Great news!!!!!
That’s right- it will be just a matter of a few years before the GOP changes its stupidity and develops a thinking brain.
Great news!!!!!
That’s right- it will be just a matter of a few years before the GOP changes its stupidity and develops a thinking brain.
The disadvantage of getting most of one’s news during the day from NPR is that we don’t always get the real facts. No, I’m not claiming NPR is fake news. But, as happens when I listen (or even watch) Israeli news- with its rapid fire (and you thought New Yorkers talked quickly) presentation- including names and places that are unfamiliar, I sometimes get the wrong impression.
This is not going to be pretty. It’s going to get a bunch of you pissed off- not that I care too terribly much. After all, we never should cater to bigots.
It’s no longer coming. Our underwater reservoirs are running dry (most of them have crossed the point of no return), and our deserts are getting bigger and are devastating more population centers. (I last wrote about this problem a few years ago .)
I’ve written about Norman Borlaug often. (Here’s but one example.) Back when I was younger, he was advocating for what we now call the Green Revolution. And, while Borlaug was promoting methods to increase agricultural yields world-wide, there was a competing voice, that of William Vogt.
Don’t you just love it when there’s a law that can finally make a difference? Well, put on your seat belts, folks, because we are about to go on a heck of ride!
Climate change. Despite the protestations of the few, it’s pretty clear that climate change is real. And, the policies of TheDonald are simply going to bring about these changes more quickly.
This post was written long before The Donald elected to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord. (That accord is officially entitled the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. I italicized ‘framework’ to ensure y’all recognize this is but a suggestion to preserve the world in which we live- not a series of regulations governing our lives.) Everything in the post below still applies. Except now, the warnings are probably more dire.
Earth Day. April 22. I remember the first one, way back in 1970, when I was working for an environmental regulatory authority (my one stint working for the government). Now the celebration is held around the world (some 193 countries and growing).
Welcome to 5777. That’s the year, according to Jewish Tradition. We’ve just finished Sukot, one of the 3 Festivals delineated in the Tora (the others are Pesach [Passover] and Shvuot [Pentecost]), a time of joy and celebration. The past two holidays of this month were called Yamim Noraim, Days of Awe (Rosh Hashana and Yom Kipur)- in other words, they were holy days and not holidays.