Environmental Radicals and Pragmatists
I just edited a 15-page article on sustainability a friend had written for publication in a magazine. I thought it was really good, and, in addition to my complimentary remarks on his writing, I...
View ArticlePBS Special: Civilization – The West and the Rest
I heartily recommend the PBS special: “Civilization: The West and the Rest,” which does a fine job in analyzing the six “killer apps” that resulted in the dominance of the Western culture over the...
View ArticleChanging the World for the Better
As legendary environmentalist Paul Hawken points out in the lecture to which I referred here, there are now over 200,000 groups on the planet devoted to causes within the umbrella of sustainability and...
View ArticleBuilding Energy Policy on Facts, Not Dollars
Here’s a well-written article that contains a great deal of truth. Many environmentalists take knee-jerk positions, often rooted in an incomplete and self-serving view of the relevant science, and...
View ArticleU.S. Government: Restoring Integrity, Removing Corruption
In response to my post: Are We Ready for the Next Step in the Evolution Toward (Or Away From) Eco-Consciousness?, frequent commenter Chris writes: I am equally concerned about too much government as I...
View ArticleIs Civilization Going Down for the Count?
Regarding one of my more cynical posts, a commenter writes: Craig, things seem to cycle in and cycle out thru societies over history. It looks like we are seeing a recycling of Oliver Cromwell and...
View ArticleUnderstanding U.S. Corporatocracy
Here’s a pictorial depiction of the state of the swamp that is the United States federal government. In each case, the person tasked with protecting a given function such that it serves the people is...
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