Climate change made simple

Filed under: Climate Change, Economy, Environment, Politics, Society

Climate change is a hot topic that causes much political strife in the US. Mostly it really comes down to money. Who is making it and who is paying it. For the moment though, let’s boil it all down to the simplest equation. Let’s ignore all of that scientific consensus and assume that man-made climate […]

The crumbling ruins on the hill

Filed under: Donald Trump, Economy, Politics, Society

There aren’t too many things that I agree with President Reagan on.  One thing I did agree with him on was the idea of America being the “shining city on the hill”. Sure, we have rarely lived up to that ideal.  We spent most of the last half of the 20th century destabilizing democracies in […]

Dude, do you even climate change?

Filed under: Climate Change, Economy, Environment

After the 2016 election, we have Republican climate deniers in charge of both houses of congress and the presidency. Trump has nominated vehement climate deniers to all of his cabinet positions. This puts the country, and the world, in a very precarious position. Climate change is the single biggest long term threat to both human […]