More on Last Thursday’s Climate Change Presentations
We were fortunate last Thursday night to receive not one but two presentations on climate change. First, Dr Washington’s presentation on...
Readings: Bernie and Hillary, Exploding GOP, Motivated Reasoning
My (19-year-old) kid never misses a chance to remind me how Bernie is his guy (and sometimes to throw shade at...
2015 Hottest Year on Record
My current favorite blogger, Jonathan Chait, takes great pleasure in skewering the flailings of climate change denialists like George Will....
Email List Confirmation
Here’s an email I’m sending to folks on our list. If you see it here first, you can do it...
Tomasky: The Real Threat Trump Poses to Hillary—and Us
Michael Tomasky at The Daily Beast on what the Trump reality-TV-style campaign is doing to our democracy (BTW, don’t get...
How Fear and Anger Impact Our Thinking
Last week I happened to hear a fascinating piece on Morning Edition about “How Emotional Responses To Terrorism Shape Attitudes...
Chait: Sorry, Conservatives, Obamacare Is Still Working
Regardless of what the GOP wishes were true, Obamacare is working very well, thank you very much, with fewer Americans...
It’s About Walking Our Talk
As the weather turns sharply colder, it reminds us of the hardships endured by too many at this time of the...
Readings: Fear and Where it Leads Us, Revisiting the Financial Crisis, Fading Middle Class
The GOP likes fear. They like when people are afraid because scared people can easily be stampeded into doing stupid...
Chait: The Paris Climate Deal Is President Obama’s Biggest Accomplishment
Jonathan Chait argues that last week’s climate deal is the most significant of Obama’s long list of accomplishments. I tend...
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