One of my lists is currently engaged in a fairly dynamic discussion about “what is a progressive?” In thinking about the issue, I realized that it might help to ask the question a slightly different way: what would a progressive society look like? Maybe I can better understand what it means to be progressive in 2010 if I reverse-engineer the
Read moreSeveral people have written to ask about the out of control fire in Four Mile Canyon outside Boulder. Seven current and former S&R staffers live or once lived in the Denver/Boulder area, and Wendy used to live very close to the fire. As far as I know, everyone is fine (that’s all of us and all of our neighbors), but
Read moreMore evidence of ecological catastrophe in the wake of the BP oil spill. Directed by our friend Lee Camp.
Read moreBrian noted last week that a Penn State investigation had cleared Dr. Michael Mann of any wrongdoing in the “Climategate” noise-up, which involved as-yet-unidentified criminals stealing private property and attempting to turn it into evidence of a vast climate disruption conspiracy on the part of greedy liberal scientists. Apparently the conspiracy runs deeper than anyone could have imagined. Dozens, if
Read moreTen years ago, at the turn of the millennium, Nostraslammy took a stab at predicting the 21st Century, with a promise to check back every ten years to see how the prognostications were turning out. Odds are good I won’t be able to do a review every ten years until 2100, but I figure I’m probably good through 2030, at
Read moreOh dear: Newtongate: the final nail in the coffin of Renaissance and Enlightenment ‘thinking’ It’s now clear that “Sir” Isaac Newton and a series of co-conspirators were guilty of several crimes against science, including: Conspiring to avoid public scrutiny Insulting dissenting scientists and equating them with holocaust deniers Manipulation of evidence Knowingly publishing scientific fraud Suppression of evidence Abusing the
Read moreYou’re honey child to a swarm of bees Gonna blow right through you like a breeze Give me one last dance Well slide down the surface of things You’re the real thing Yeah the real thing You’re the real thing Even better than the real thing – U2 Fantasy stories, myths, legends, tall tales, fairy tales, horror, all these have
Read moreA modest proposal, perhaps. It’s been entertaining watching American public “discourse” since the election. (I use that word in its broadest, most ridiculous sense, since nothing that hinges so completely on self-absorption, rank ignorance and pathological dishonesty can be accurately characterized by such a noble word. But indulge me. I’ve been working on my irony lately.) On the one hand
Read moreWhile on the campaign trail, Barack Obama made greening America’s infrastructure a huge priority for his administration. As noted in the Los Angeles Times, Obama planned to spend $150 billion over the next decade to promote energy from the sun, wind and other renewable sources as well as energy conservation. Plans include raising vehicle fuel-economy standards and subsidizing consumer purchases
Read moreHoo boy. The founder of the Weather Channel wants to sue Al Gore for fraud, hoping a legal debate will settle the global-warming debate once and for all. John Coleman, who founded the cable network in 1982, suggests suing for fraud proponents of global warming, including Al Gore, and companies that sell carbon credits. “Is he committing financial fraud? That
Read moreA few months back I did some work for a client interested in building a broadly based community around sustainability. A stated concern was the desire to build a coalition that spanned all political groups in the US. The general goal of saving our environment shouldn’t be a concern only for progressives; however, there was a strong suspicion that non-progressive
Read moreThe results of the most recent S&R poll are in. Readers were asked: What issue do you feel has not been adequately covered in the presidential debates thus far? 1: Civil liberties (26) 2: Green energy (15) 3: Media consolidation (11) Net neutrality (11) 5: Executive power (10) 6: Mercenary forces (9) Sibel Edmonds/corruption conspiracy (9) 8: Native American rights
Read moreThe results of the latest S&R poll are in. What issue will be foremost in your thoughts when you vote for a president in 2008? 1. Civil Liberties (28) 2. Economy and Class (26) 3. Iraq and Military Issues (20)
Read moreHey, what’s that in our stocking? It’s Ron Paul! Oh joy – we got The Truth® for Christmas! Ahem. So those of you who thought Ron Paul was going to go away once the big boys got serious have probably been surprised by his staying power so far. He’s polling in the high single digits (something Ronald Reagan Fred Thompson
Read moreThe following is a dramatization, brought to you by the Mighty Scholar All-Star Rogue Players. Any resemblance to actual persons or events is purely coincidental. The scene: a kitchen. Man reading paper. Wife preparing breakfast. Narrator: What to do, what to do? Imagine that you’re a former executive with one of the nation’s largest coal producers and that the company
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