Because Noam Chomsky is so far out of the mainstream discussion, I believe this post may be the first of our 3000+ in which I’ve quoted this American linguist, philosopher, logician, cognitive scientist, historian, political critic, and activist. He is an Institute Professor and Professor (Emeritus) …
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Social Critic Noam Chomsky on Climate Change
Tagged with: Barack Obama, Chomsky, Mass media, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Noam Chomsky, politics
Why Good People Are Not Attracted To Politics
Frequent commenter Greg Chick writes: I am not sure why good leaders are not in politics. Possibly good leaders can make lots of money (in the private sector) … The single best answer I can provide is that the political …
From Guest Blogger Richard Marks: What’s Wrong with America? Financial and Political People Are Holding Us Back
We do have a very serious problem in this country. In Detroit, last week was the Detroit International Advanced Manufacturing and Technology Show. This was a first attempt to bring companies from China and Taiwan together in Detroit to exhibit …
Renewable Energy Gets an Impressive Rhetorical Push from Ed Rendell
This morning’s keynote address at the Renewable Energy Finance Forum was delivered by Pennsylvania’s ex-governor Ed Rendell, who spoke on the possibilities that renewable energy may gain traction through politics. I suppose anything’s possible, so I tried to track with …
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The Energy and Transportation Industries – Politics At All Levels
I can see that the process of learning more about the world of energy and transportation is making me a bit cynical. But virtually everywhere I turn, I see so little emphasis on the truth, and so much posturing to …
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Sustainability — It’s About Physics, not Politics
A reader whose political sensibilities obviously do not parallel those in “The Story of Stuff” writes in: As for “Stuff,” I don’t doubt that most of what [Annie Leonard] says is true and it certainly is deplorable, but I missed …
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Tagged with: Annie Leonard, Earth's population, famine, physics, politics, Russia heat wave, sustainability, The Story of Stuff, wheat harvet
Science Under Attack
I’ve gotten a great number of fascinating comments on my piece on science’s coming under attack from politics and religion, for example: Like you, I am worried about the religious campaign to undo hundreds of years of scientific development. Unfortunately, …
Tagged with: 18th Century, American Revolution, Enlightenment, French Revolution, politics, religion, science
Conversation on Global Warming
A friend and I were discussing a mutual acquaintance who believes that the Earth is hollow – a radical theory to say the least. My friend writes: Of course, I’m more than dubious about this hollow Earth stuff, but here’s …
From Guest Blogger Richard Marks: Where Does Alternative Energy Stand Politically?
As a company developing an electric vehicle, we are seeing the investment community frozen solid. When Obama got elected everyone thought he would solve all of our problems, including health care, Global Warning through a cap and trade bill, education, …
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Wally Rippel: Politics and Economics Have Caused Many Cold Fusion Casualties
Wally Rippel pointed out to me that there have been numerous casualties from the political and economic fall-out surrounding cold fusion. As an example, Dr. Peter Hagelstein at MIT, best known for his X-ray laser, is also a strong proponent …
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