Category Archives: art and humor

From Tom Toles, of course. The fact that a big American Elm actually fell right outside the White House during the floods of June does make one wonder if the natural fact of global warming could have possibly come up inside. Too much to hope for? Perhaps we’ll find out in a year or twoContinue reading “The Lighter Side of the Plagues of Global Warming”

Tom Toles , of course.

Thom Yorke, lead singer of the world-famous band Radiohead, is not the first pop artist to find success with a song about global warming. Andrew Bird, a superb violinist and exciting new rock musician with a long-term interest in weather systems, already has an alternative hit with his Tables and Chairs, a soaring song withContinue reading “Global Warming: #2 on the Pop Charts”

A couple of months ago I remarked that the Bush administration had found an innovative strategy to avoid further investigations: scandal fatigue. Administration screw-ups (WMDs, Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, Valerie Plame, Medicare, the budget, and many, many more) have become so complicated and overwhelming that most people tune out less spectacular misdeeds. But while the worldContinue reading “Innovative White House Strategy: Incompetence Exhaustion”

"A nature hike through the Book of Revelations" was how Al Gore described life in a world with a climate forever changed by global warming. It’s a great line, and it appears that it resonated not just with me, but with the great Tom Toles as well.

Yesterday, the World Health Organization confirmed the first known human-to-human transmission of avian flu, a disease which some fear could become a pandemic comparable to the deadly Spanish flu of l918-l919. (Although many scientists consider that unlikely: for more, see the stunningly thorough Fluwiki.) The good news is that this single case of avian fluContinue reading “Art v. Bird Flu”

According to Toles:

Pultizer Prize-winning Tom Toles, the editorial cartoonist most likely to include the planet in his work, has a site at the Washington Post where he publishes not just his latest work, but also a sketch for another…a wonderfully generous gift, I think.

Little boy to duck: "Uh, what the fuck, dude?" –Harlem Meer, Central Park From Overheard in New York.

A couple of weeks ago, David Roberts at Gristmill had the chance to interview climate change hero Al Gore and kindly solicited questions. My question for him was: Does Al ever feel like saying "I Told You So" to the nation? Roberts didn’t ask Gore the question, but the thought has crossed Gore’s mind. OnContinue reading “Telling the Nation”