I just met a guy who sells and installs artificial grass, and we had a nice chat about how far this industry has come from the days of the first “Astroturf” in the late 1960s. At that point, it was …
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Bicycling in Holland Goes All the Way to the Top
I couldn’t have told you that The Netherlands has both a prime minister and a king, but I could have predicted that bicycling would have somehow been involved in a meeting of the two. Like good people all over the …
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It’s Obvious
Considering the circus that is the executive branch of the U.S. government, saying that something is “obvious” is no longer a meaningful statement. What was obvious to all Americans 20 years ago, e.g., Nazis are bad, pathological liars shouldn’t run …
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Americans Aren’t Very Happy Right This Minute
The U.S. Senate is an extremely powerful institution whose tasks include the approval of treaties, the confirmation of Cabinet secretaries, Supreme Court justices, federal judges, as well as conducting the trials of those impeached by the House. Senators serve six-year …
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Will Young People Vote?
Here’s a little video that pokes fun at young people for not voting. Extremely well done. Virtually anything we might want: money out of politics, affordable healthcare, quality education, social programs, women’s reproductive rights, environmental stewardship, peace agreements held intact, …
Making Renewable Energy Happen in Maine
Like every other country on Earth, the United States is not at all homogeneous, but, rather, composed of regions that have their own character, some charming, others not so much. Maine is known for its bountiful lobsters and its boots …
Trump on American Values
My mom and I had one of our wonderful talks the other day in which we traded observations on things we’ve been reading, the vicissitudes within our modest stock portfolios, and world politics.
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Who Needs To Take Responsibility for Environmental Stewardship?
What should happen when we, as a civilization, come to learn that the use of a certain substance represents an unacceptable environmental danger? This is not an idle exercise; in fact, it happens every month or so, and the pace of …
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More Heroics from Germany
Germany has released its plan to close all 84 of its currently operating coal-fired power plants by 2038 and rely primarily on renewable energy. For decades, Germany has taken bold steps in the direction of renewables, a path that was …
Plastics and Air Pollution
My recent piece on waste plastic dealt with the pollution of our oceans. It’s going to take an enormous amount of time, capital resources, and tech R&D to solve this problem. Here’s a video on a subject that may be …
