My response to “The Big Question”
While studying and teaching the science associated with climate change for many years, I am sometimes asked “The Big Question”: that is, what is my best guess as to the fate of planet Earth due to...
View ArticleBut where’s the beef in Biden’s climate plan?
While I have been very pleased to see that President Biden intends to give high priority to addressing the world’s greatest problem, climate change, I have also noted that he has not yet mentioned in...
View ArticleBiden’s FDR-like leadership on climate change
In his recent address to the joint chambers of congress, it was most refreshing to hear President Biden declare that his administration will put a very high priority on combating the relentless...
View ArticleEarthlings are now under palliative (going on hospice?) care
The ability of our planet to sustain life for its human inhabitants can now be described in the terms we normally use for the type of health care we provide for our exceedingly ill. One of these is...
View ArticleMaking logical decisions on global warming
The 2021 report of the UN’s International Panel on Climate Change provides a clear scientific message to the entire world. In doing what needs to be done in order to stop the ravages of global...
View ArticleAre religious fundamentalists detrimental to the future wellbeing of human...
A large fraction of Americans believes that there is an almighty God who is aware of their individual personal lives and is capable of affecting them in either a positive or negative manner whenever...
View ArticleAre US citizens going for the Darwin Award?
The Darwin Awards salute the improvement of the human genome by honoring those who accidentally remove themselves from the human gene pool in a spectacular manner. By the various actions it has taken...
View ArticleA house divided against itself cannot stand
Two years prior to his presidency, Abraham Lincoln gave his famous “house divided” speech, part of which went as follows: “A house divided against itself, cannot stand. I believe this government...
View ArticleHow our Christian values are being inverted today
While political views are often affected by the religious views of the public, the opposite can also occur. Our religious views of today, for example, are being strongly affected by political views....
View ArticleWe must retain faith in our democracy
We Americans like to claim that we govern ourselves via a representative democracy by which all citizens have an equal voice in the selection of our leaders and through them determine the laws and...
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