Category: Politics

Self explana­to­ry.

Al Gore and IPCC Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Well, despite you’ve already read this already some­where else, Al Gore and the U.N. Inter­gov­ern­men­tal Pan­el on Cli­mate Change were joint­ly award­ed the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for their work in rais­ing glob­al aware­ness on cli­mate change. It’s true that the past year or so has real­ly been the tip­ping point for glob­al warm­ing in… Con­tin­ue read­ing Al Gore and IPCC Award­ed Nobel Peace Prize

Members of Congress of Foodstamps

There many Con­gres­sion­al hear­ings and inves­tiga­tive trips that are expen­sive and/or point­less. How­ev­er, this one is nei­ther, in my opin­ion: four mem­bers of Con­gress have pledged to live for one week on $21 worth of food – the aver­age amount of food stamps peo­ple on that pro­gram have to spend. Liv­ing through what all too… Con­tin­ue read­ing Mem­bers of Con­gress of Foodstamps

Apparantly, Mr. Iacocca Is The Leader

I read near­ly this entire book excerpt with my jaw dropped. Who would have thought that one of the most sin­cere and harsh cri­tiques of our coun­try – its gov­ern­ment, its media, and its cit­i­zens – would come from an 80’s indus­tri­al­ist leader who has long been a sup­port­er of both big busi­ness and big… Con­tin­ue read­ing Appa­rant­ly, Mr. Iacoc­ca Is The Leader

25 Reasons Why You Should Understand Neil Boortz Is Wrong

While I wish I had had the time late last week to do this, I sim­ply haven’t. Last Fri­day I had all but giv­en up on the Newsvine com­mu­ni­ty (not that that would be bad for me). It’s often hyped for being civ­i­lized and hav­ing high-brow dis­cus­sions but the fact that such a stu­pid arti­cle… Con­tin­ue read­ing 25 Rea­sons Why You Should Under­stand Neil Boortz Is Wrong

Modern David Versus Goliath?

From my remarks on the Tran­script seed­ed today at Newsvine: So when Lar­ry King has MIT pro­fes­sor Richard Lindzen, not­ed cli­mate change skep­tic, on his show to dis­cuss the top­ic of glob­al warm­ing, what equal­ly famous sci­en­tist does he turn to to get the con­sen­sus per­spec­tive? NASA’s James Hansen? Ohio State’s Lon­nie Thomp­son? Penn State’s… Con­tin­ue read­ing Mod­ern David Ver­sus Goliath?

Following Scientists

Some­times I feel gen­uine­ly guilty that the part of a ser­mon that sticks with me the most is one that I sim­ply find incom­pat­i­ble with what I feel to be right (and often, not even the gist of the ser­mon, as you’ll see here). Now, I am prob­a­bly towards the oppo­site end of the Pres­by­ter­ian… Con­tin­ue read­ing Fol­low­ing Scientists

Global Warming: Don’t Blame The Aliens Mr. Crichton

I was recent­ly asked by a fel­low Newsvine user what my opin­ion was on a 2003 speech giv­en by author Michael Crich­ton (Juras­sic Park, The Androm­e­da Strain, State of Fear) at Cal. Tech. titled “Aliens Cause Glob­al Warm­ing.” I recalled the title and hav­ing read it some time ago, but went back to read it… Con­tin­ue read­ing Glob­al Warm­ing: Don’t Blame The Aliens Mr. Crichton

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Election Day 2006

Yeah, saw this on Kot­tke and jumped right on the band­wag­on. Okay, so we actu­al­ly had some pri­maries and such ear­li­er in the year, but today is the day that real­ly decides who rep­re­sents and leads us. I’m such a nerd when it comes to vot­ing and I nev­er miss an elec­tion any­more. I got… Con­tin­ue read­ing Elec­tion Day 2006

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