God has become a dirty word among many scientists and leftists, I'm sorry to say, because so many Christians use their interpretation of an old book to control their fears and blame others — immigrants, scientists, gay people — for the woes of the world. Meanwhile the real possibility of a societal disaster this centuryContinue reading “The American Way to Find God”
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Arnold Slashes Williamson Act: Pay Back to Developers?
Although not extensively reported in the big city papers, in the California state budget passed a couple of weeks ago, Sacramento and Governor Arnold eliminated funding for the Williamson Act. This act, dating back to the l960's, gives farmers and ranchers a 20-70 percent break on property taxes. helping to preserve agriculture and open space,Continue reading “Arnold Slashes Williamson Act: Pay Back to Developers?”
“She Smoked Like a Coal-Fired Power Plant…”
For the last couple of weeks, I've been mentioning the newly-released report on global warming in our country from the US Global Change Research Program. I've been reading reports from various scientific agencies, including the IPCC, for some time now, and I have never read one this dire. But even among my tough-minded readers, thisContinue reading ““She Smoked Like a Coal-Fired Power Plant…””
Politics as Usual Betrays the Planet
Paul Krugman, throwing down the gauntlet. Seems unfair that this guy writes better on climate than nearly any other lefty commentator around — and it's not even his field. Is it fair to call climate denial a form of treason? Isn’t it politics as usual? Yes, it is — and that’s why it’s unforgivable. DoContinue reading “Politics as Usual Betrays the Planet”
Paper vs. Plastic: The Wall St. Journal Weighs In
All my readers probably know this already, but kudos to the WSJ for taking the question seriously:
The Supreme Court Justice/Hiker
Tough Timothy Egan of The New York Times reveals what the right-wing D.C. establishment really thinks of retiring Chief Justice David Souter…that he's weird because he likes to walk in the mountains. Souter’s been painted as a strange, little man stranded in the wrong century…. At his 200-year-old family farmhouse — badly in need ofContinue reading “The Supreme Court Justice/Hiker”
Torture Shocker: Evangelicals Support It Most of All
Rod Dreher is shocked, shocked to discover that of all groups polled by the highly reputable Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, evangelicals are the most likely to be pro-torture, and the more often you go to church, the more likely you are to support torture. Dreher wonders what evangelicals are hearing from theContinue reading “Torture Shocker: Evangelicals Support It Most of All”
The Geography of Hope
Speaking of quotable enviros….from Wallace Stegner's famous "wilderness letter" of l961. Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed; if we permit the last virgin forest to be turned into comic books and plastic cigarettes cases; if we drive the few remaining members ofContinue reading “The Geography of Hope”
Why People Hate Conservatives
Devout Rod Dreher, a thoughtful man who posts from considerably to the right of the Catholic Church, hates it when the right sneers at environmentalists for caring about the planet. Interesting to hear this kind of disdain coming from one inclined to dislike environmentalists: This flopped over the transom this morning [he writes]: "The YoungContinue reading “Why People Hate Conservatives”
Translating the G20 “Triumph”
The G-20 meeting in London was widely considered a triumph for Barack Obama and the West. (Even Paul Krugman said so.) The Guardian's George Monbiot sees it differently, He writes: Here is the text of the G20 communique, in compressed form. "We, the Leaders of the Group of Twenty, will use every cent we don'tContinue reading “Translating the G20 “Triumph””
Kit Stolz 