Retired Brig. Gen. Steven Anderson calls himself “an accidental environmentalist.” His epiphany about climate change started with a tactical problem. In 2006 and 2007, when he served as the military’s chief logistician in Iraq, he coordinated the transport of millions of gallons of fuel across the country to power everything from vehicles to the large compressors used to … [Read more...]
For casino economist the house always Wynns
Americans are some of the hardest working people in the Western industrialized world. Even when we're not working we're working, as so many willingly becomes slaves to the communications devices and handheld phones that they originally got to make their lives more flexible. We're a nation of workaholics, so afraid that we'll lose jobs that pay less and have fewer benefits … [Read more...]
If the earth could talk
When man interferes with the Tao, the sky becomes filthy, the earth becomes depleted, the equilibrium crumbles creatures become extinct --Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, ca. 550 BCE As Earth Day draws near, I propose we pause to consider our role on this fine, finite planet. If Earth could think, what would it think of us and our actions? More, more, more! The human role in … [Read more...]
Shin bone’s connected to the ankle bone
As global warming and its attendant effects unfold, self-castigation has become an art form. Why, oh why, are we so damnably human, seems to run the lament. Greedy, stupid, fat and lazy; we saw it coming, yet all we did was bury our heads in the sand. While a year ago the rending of clothes and the gnashing of teeth was sufficient, it now seems we're satisfied with nothing … [Read more...]
US military plans for Arctic melting
As civilian Washington, with climate skeptics in the ascendant, continues to bicker about how-real and how-bad, the military has once again shown that, when it comes to global warming, it's a much more reality-based organization than Congress. The new House wasted no time to start moving backwards on climate. In just one example, Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan, who in December … [Read more...]