I admire scientists enormously but let’s face it, they’re not the most captivating of storytellers, even with their nifty color graphs. Darwin has a lot to say but when it comes to our heritage, he loses most of the country, the polls say, and no matter how many times anthropologists and National Geographic explain thatContinue reading “Writers Around the World…on the Big Heat”
Author Archives: Kit Stolz
The Uses of Cynicism
A couple of weeks ago newly-elected Senator Barack Obama impressed even the jaded blogosphere with the brilliance of his response to those on the left eager to punish Democratic Senators deemed to be "appeasing" right-wing Republicans by working with them on certain issues, or not opposing them bitterly enough on others. The post on Obama’sContinue reading “The Uses of Cynicism”
Business As Usual in Bush Adminstration: It’s Okay for Industry Lobbyists to Write Hazardous Waste Regulations
A story in today’s Washington Post reveals yet another full-scale assault on the environment from the Bush Administration. This has become so routine that it’s a little surprising the paper even thinks it’s worth the front page. Back in 2001, the Bush Administration Environmental Protection Agency (which clearly needs a new title) allowed industry lobbyistsContinue reading “Business As Usual in Bush Adminstration: It’s Okay for Industry Lobbyists to Write Hazardous Waste Regulations”
And God Said to the Scientist…
My good friend and hiking/writing pal Cary Odes, seen below sampling the currants at Secret Camp, was inspired by the controversy around Intelligent Design, and came up with the following: God, to “scientist” in a heavenly setting: GOD Why did you not fight harder to make my gloryContinue reading “And God Said to the Scientist…”
Place of a Billion Bonus Points
A commentator (Jennifer S.) points out that I failed to reveal to my vast constituency where I went on vacation a couple of weeks ago, after promising a billion bonus points to whoever could identify the spot from a photo (below). Well, no one knew, but I didn’t mean to be quite so coy aboutContinue reading “Place of a Billion Bonus Points”
Kyoto is Dead: Now What?
The Brookings Institute, Goldman Sachs, the Wharton School of Business, and quite a few other prestigious institutions allied to host a conference of economists in New York last month on the top ten risks facing the global economy. Among those risks was global warming (although it was considered far less threatening than the rise inContinue reading “Kyoto is Dead: Now What?”
Why Did This Break in England?
An English newspaper, The Independent, is reporting that a Pentagon report commissioned by the Secretary of Defense found that the war in Iraq and divisions within the military brought "near catastrophic failures" to the relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina. "The US military has long planned for war on two fronts. This is as close asContinue reading “Why Did This Break in England?”
Mr. Orwell, Meet Mr. Limbaugh. Mr. Limbaugh, meet–Oh! You’ve Already Met
People far more famous than I have called Rush Limbaugh a big fat liar, but what shocks me is not just the fact that he shades the truth, or that he blames the Clintons for everything under the sun, or even that he misleads. Everyone has a point of view, and everyone is going toContinue reading “Mr. Orwell, Meet Mr. Limbaugh. Mr. Limbaugh, meet–Oh! You’ve Already Met”
“It Makes No Sense”
Lots of catching up awaits me, but for now… "The timber program is losing money–an estimated $48 million in the last fiscal year. It makes no sense to ask the taxpayers of this country to funnel millions more to such an expensive endeavor." –Republican Senator John Sununu of New Hampshire, on a senateContinue reading ““It Makes No Sense””
Messenger from a Burning House
From Pico Iyer, perhaps the best travel writer in the world today, a well-written reminder that the Dalai Lama is not a human spiritual fire around which we can warm ourselves vicariously, but a town cryer sounding the alarm…for his nation.
Kit Stolz 