In one of his sonnets, Shakespeare wrote, and I paraphrase, “Love that which you’ll soon be leaving.” It sounds like he was referring to our very lives. (Aren’t we all leaving them?) But, according to experts, he was talking about …
Tag: Climate Change
A Shot in the Arm for Joe Biden’s Approval Rating
Joe Biden’s approval rating got a bump recently, and maybe it’s because of the numerous “legislative wins” referred to in the cartoon here. Anyone would have guessed that victories in gun safety, infrastructure, climate, gas prices/inflation, bringing jobs back from …
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Scientists and Republicans
Good point being made here. It could be said that scientists and Republicans are the opposites of one another; in fact, most of the people in the U.S. who reject scientific evidence on things like climate change, vote counting, and …
Subsidies To Oil Companies
A friend from the world of acting writes: I am sincerely naive about stocks, international finance, etc. My life has been about art and human rights so please accept this in a truly non-political sense. I don’t understand continuing subsidies …
Tagged with: Big Oil is doing everything in its considerable power to strong-arm Congress so as to remain embedded in our society, Climate Change, fossil fuels were what made the 20th Century what it was in terms of economic growth, loss of biodiversity, ocean acidification, oil industry is more than 100 years old, oil industry the wealthiest enterprise in human history, subsidies to oil companies, transition to energy resources
Libertarianism
I have to admit that Libertarianism held an allure for me when I was younger. I was hooked on the concept that nothing in government happens as efficiently as it does in the private sector, which I still suppose is …
Public School Curricula
I agree with this, but it’s easy to see where it could be a “hot button” issue with some parents, i.e., dim-witted ones. Even if the content of the meme here weren’t true, think of how fabulously impractical it would …
The Politics of COVID-19
Good stuff here. “This isn’t political” isn’t precisely correct, however; “This shouldn’t be political” is more accurate. Sadly, fighting COVID-19 is like so many other areas in which science is under attack for political purposes. Climate change is one that …
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Americans’ Aggressions with One Another Are Anything But Micro
As suggested in the “welcome” mat here, these aren’t particularly amiable time in the U.S. The right-wing’s position on things like COVID-19, climate change, the insurrection, and the legitimacy of Trump has us progressives in a snit.
Tagged with: Climate Change
Young People Will Reject the GOP Platform
I’m sure this is true, if we can get past this rough patch, where we’re flirting with authoritarianism and Orwellian undermining of truth. Keep in mind that Biden is 65% – 31% in the age 18 – 24 segment. Young …
2020 Vote Results in Pennsylvania, Where Trump Lost, Were Not ‘Impossible’
From Politifact: A blog post that argues for an audit of the 2020 presidential election in the swing state of Pennsylvania claims results there “show a statistically impossible pattern,” and accuses election officials of deciding to “manufacture” votes for Joe …
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