According to polls, as Rosa Brooks writes in a column in the LATimes, the people have at last woken up to the lies of the current administration, even if they’re too apathetic to do anything about it. What would happen if mainstream Americans [demonstrated their opposition]? If the 33% of Americans who think Bush shouldContinue reading “Sing It! “Impeach the President””
Author Archives: Kit Stolz
FEEEE-MA!
While shaking off the jet lag, I haven’t posted much, in hopes of making sense when I do, but here’s an item that’s just irresistible. Last week New Orleans hosted the annual Tennessee Williams festival, as usual, which includes a competition. According to the story in Variety by Richard Ouzounian (safely locked away behind aContinue reading “FEEEE-MA!”
The Cost of Prevention vs. The Cost of Cure
While on a long flight home (and thanks for all the comments when I was gone!), I read in its entirety Australian scientist Tim Flannery’s well-reviewed book on global warming, The Weather Makers. Despite a somewhat flat title, the book turns out to be a superb introduction to the subject. Flannery finds ways to enlivenContinue reading “The Cost of Prevention vs. The Cost of Cure”
Graph of the Week
From Tom Rees, via the useful-for-talking-to-deniers-site A Few Things Ill Considered:
My Favorite New Quote
Via Chris Clarke’s Creek Running North. From Edward Abbey: The geologic approach is certainly primary and fundamental, underlying the attitude and outlook that best support all others, including the insights of poetry and the wisdom of religion. Just as the earth itself forms the indispensable ground for the only kind of life we know, providingContinue reading “My Favorite New Quote”
Off to See the Witch
We’re off to see the witch of melancholy in Berlin, as well–more importantly–our daughter in Paris. Guess I must be crazy to search her out. But hey; I’m not alone. In Paris for this exhibit at the Grand Palais, people stood in line for three hours. In Berlin, at the Neue Nationalgalerie, one hour. It’sContinue reading “Off to See the Witch”
Top Ten Global Warming Hit
Like many others, including Dave Roberts at Gristmill, I’ve been trying to compile a list of top ten global warming hits. I’ve come up with one or two, but haven’t found that knock-out song that nobody’s heard of yet. I begin to think maybe it hadn’t been written. Until now. Check out "Tables and Chairs"Continue reading “Top Ten Global Warming Hit”
George Will Snaps at the Facts
Following up on the picture of George Will refusing to listen to the facts, here’s a record of the off-camera exchange on "This Week" that ensued, via Framing Science: In a roundtable exchange about climate change on ABC NEWS’ THIS WEEK with George Stephanopoulos, resident conservative George Will stuck to the standard conservative framing byContinue reading “George Will Snaps at the Facts”
Don’t Bother George Will with the Facts
Here’s a great image (via Crooks and Liars) of George Will giving the international sign for "don’t bother me with the facts." Will predictably took the Wall St. Journal line on global warming, saying that "any solution requires trillions of dollars of sacrifice from world economic growth." This flat denial ignores the vast potential costsContinue reading “Don’t Bother George Will with the Facts”
How to Change the World–By Making a Profit
Al Gore and David Blood have an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal today on the topic of sustainability and accounting for environmental costs as part of good business practice, according to Environmental Economics. Unfortunately, the op-ed itself is safely locked away from public view behind a firewall, but we can glean some idea ofContinue reading “How to Change the World–By Making a Profit”
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