Okay, nobody else cares, but when the water table is falling, when our local stream hasn’t run in a year and a half, when the land is so dry mountain lions are creeping close to the road to drink…it’s worth a pic.
Author Archives: Kit Stolz
Mike Huckabee — Hindu Fundamentalist
Sometimes Rall infuriates me, and sometimes he just makes me laugh. Guess into which category this one falls:
Why Undecided Voters Can’t Make Up Their Minds (Maybe)
This is a speculation on my part, but I think it makes a lot of sense. In the New Yorker a week ago, a writer looked at the science of reading. His piece, called Twilight of the Books raised crucial points for those of interested in democracy and concerned about American’s recent appetite for self-destruction.Continue reading “Why Undecided Voters Can’t Make Up Their Minds (Maybe)”
Our Rain Today
Ahhhhhh…..says Ventura County. More, please. And thank you…
Nostalgia in the 21st Century: A New Sadness
A new kind of sadness is reported from Australia (via Wired). Australia is suffering through its worst dry spell in a millennium. The outback has turned into a dust bowl, crops are dying off at fantastic rates, cities are rationing water, coral reefs are dying, and the agricultural base is evaporating. But what really intriguesContinue reading “Nostalgia in the 21st Century: A New Sadness”
Obama Wins Iowa in a Landslide
Look at the numbers: Obama took 38% of 239,000 votes cast on the Democratic side: 91,000 Huckabee took 34% of 120,000 votes cast on the Republican side, for about 40,000 votes. Were this the national, this would be a landslide for Obama. And (as George Stephanopoulous said last night) a complete and overdue "repudiation" ofContinue reading “Obama Wins Iowa in a Landslide”
Great News
Great news from Iowa: the most electable of Democrats won the first primary. Nearly six months ago we saw Obama speak, and his advance man said that he was fully competitive with any candidate among voters who heard him speak. Point proven. Plus, the most electable of Republicans, John McCain, says it would be "fineContinue reading “Great News”
The End of 2007
Frankly, I’ve seen better years…not sad to see the sun set on this one.
Coal vs. Oil: Pure Carbon vs. Hydrocarbon
An excellent discussion by Daniel Gros, an economist for the EU, brings home a very-discouraging-but- impossible-to-avoid fact about energy consumption. As the price of oil rises, one might suspect that driving and consumption will decline, but in fact the high price of oil vs. the falling price of coal means that we as a speciesContinue reading “Coal vs. Oil: Pure Carbon vs. Hydrocarbon”
Prez Concedes Important Global Warming Fact
WASHINGTON—In an unexpected reversal that environmentalists and scientists worldwide are calling groundbreaking, President George W. Bush, for the first time in his political career, openly admitted to the existence of carbon dioxide following the release of the new U.N. Global Environment Outlook this October. "Carbon dioxide, a molecule which contains one atom of carbon bondedContinue reading “Prez Concedes Important Global Warming Fact”
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