On September 12, 1962, John F. Kennedy spoke at Rice University in Houston. He said that the people there were gathered “at an hour of change and challenge, in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of both knowledge and ignorance,” and by the end of the decade, we would land a man on … More Irma and Harvey came at two and a half minutes to midnight.
I’m thinking about my son Sacha’s schooling, Prometheus & Pandora this morning. Pardon my stream of consciousness. Sacha is taking a class called Science World. It’s really cool. What’s in the news at school’s start? Four hurricanes, two of them breaking records for rainfall & wind speed. Wildfires across the western US & fires in … More Prometheus & Pandora meet Irma & Harvey. Been thinking about 5th grade science class.
“But there is a part of me–call it naive, if you like–that can’t help but believe that somewhere out there in America, all but drowned out by the din, is a native strain of reason that could be cultivated, a peculiarly American kind of common sense and courage that would give us the strength to … More American common sense and courage in the face of climate change
People are wondering whether climate change caused Hurricane Harvey. That’s the wrong question. Hurricanes have been happening on Earth as long as there have been oceans. The question should be “How did climate change influence Harvey?” Some pieces over the last few days from USA Today, Gizmodo, Michael Mann’s piece in The Guardian, and an interview with Dan … More When we bail out Houston, we will be massively redistributing wealth.
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