From Mark Lebovich of the Washington Post, via the LA Times (reg. required): As a general rule, the most durable quotes don’t require the media to keep replaying them or a hostile opposition to keep reminding everyone of them. Rather, they stand on their own absurdity, famous last words that hang naturally from the necksContinue reading “Quote of the Year”
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Best Books of the Year
Another end of the year wrap-up…my best books, in SF Station.
“The Enron of Lobbying”
A couple of days ago came an amazing story by Susan Schmidt and William Grimaldi on the rise and fall of Jack Abramoff. Of course, the real fall is just beginning for the former Beverly Hills High grad, who this weekend either will make a deal with prosecutors and turn on his former friends andContinue reading ““The Enron of Lobbying””
The Environment 2005: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Here’s the linked version of a piece that ran in this week’s Ventura County Reporter. 2005 will be remembered as a year of natural disasters. We don’t need to recite statistics in an anchorman’s heavy voice to know the meaning of Katrina and La Conchita. But when it comes to natural disasters, the question todayContinue reading “The Environment 2005: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”
The ELF: Ecoterrorists or Right-Wing Myth?
They say these are polarized times and boy, ain’t that the truth. Here’s a perfect example: the Earth Liberation Front. Is it a menace to the nation, or a right-wing boogieman? On the right side of the political dial, notable blogger Professor Bainbridge opines that he has "no problem" with the FBI tracking "such groups,"Continue reading “The ELF: Ecoterrorists or Right-Wing Myth?”
Fifty Years From Now
It’s natural at the end of one year and the beginning of another to take stock of what has happened, and to look forward to the future. This past January, The New Yorker launched a three-part series by Elizabath Kolbert on global warming. This year, it’s the turn of Bill McKibben in The New YorkContinue reading “Fifty Years From Now”
California Landscape of the Year
"For the Fire Fighters," from Barbara Medaille. Seen at the Turtle Bay Museum near the Glass Bridge in Redding:
FBI on Pombo’s Trail
This morning brings a big Christmas present for those of us who care about the health of the planet, and a big lump of coal for corrupt Republican anti-environmentalists. As speculated here a couple of days ago, Republican anti-environmentalist Richard Pombo is officially a "close associate" of Tom Delay, the indicted Republican who once ranContinue reading “FBI on Pombo’s Trail”
“China Puts Out Way More C02 than Competitors…”
Just came across a fascinating and busy international group site called WorldChanging; this post discusses C02 emissions not in terms of output per nations but in terms of output per $1000 GNP, and finds China to be vastly less efficient than the U.S. In 2003, for example, the chart shows that it takes about 9500Continue reading ““China Puts Out Way More C02 than Competitors…””
MEME OF FOUR
Meme of Four (via Alex Ross/therestisnoise): 4 JOBS YOU"VE HAD: Renovating Angel Island; census taker; reporter; story analyst 4 MOVIES YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER: The General; Trouble in Paradise; The Big Sleep; Y Tu Mama Tambien 4 TV SHOWS YOU LOVE TO WATCH: David Letterman; NBA; Six Feet Under; the Simpsons 4 PLACESContinue reading “MEME OF FOUR”
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