It’s hard to think of a single person in history who made a marked improvement in the lives of the common person who did so without irritating the living bejeesus out of the people in power at the time. From …
Tag: Frederick Douglass
People’s Climate March — Looks Like a Huge Success
I’m sorry I was unable to be a part of this historic event. “People in the streets as far as the eye can see,” reported the NY Times, a reporter for which took this shot a few hours ago. Wow, …
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Change in Regulating Carbon Emissions from Power Plants Calls To Mind the Words of Frederick Douglass
I had a short but interesting conversation with a friend earlier today about gay rights and the remarkable progress that the gay community has made in eroding the stigma attached to homosexuality and gaining social parity with heterosexuals in such …
Choosing the Proper Tone for the Energy Policy Debate
I sometimes look back on things I’ve written about the malice of the special interests that pervade the energy industry and think, “Man, that’s harsh. Maybe meeting this greed and evil with aggression of my own is fueling the fire. Maybe, as …
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We Will Have Clean Energy When We Demand It
In the course of something I wrote yesterday I noted: “In large measure, the world is in its deplorable condition precisely because we tolerate it.” What I should have known is that this sentiment was expressed 100 times better by …
