Farewell America
No matter how the rest of the world looked at us on Nov. 7, they will now look at us differently.
The sun sets behind the Jefferson Memorial in Washington. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
America died on […]
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OBAMA RECKONS WITH A TRUMP PRESIDENCY Inside a stunned White House, the President considers his legacy and America’s future. via The New Yorker by David Remnick – Nov. 28th, 2016 ****************** “We’re going to have to redesign the social compact,” Obama said. “And I know how to build a bridge to […] What now: Paul Krugman – Thoughts for the Horrified So what do we do now? By “we” I mean all those left, center and even right who saw Donald Trump as the worst man ever to run for president and assumed that a strong majority of our […] How the Media Manufactured Hatred of Hillary Clinton Clinton’s popularity didn’t start to plummet until the press focus turned to her emails. As the late columnist Walter Winchell used to say: Onions. Onions to virtually everyone in the press corps for promoting a narrative […] Solar and Wind: How Low Can They Go? For the second year in a row, wind and solar accounted for roughly two-thirds of new U.S. generating capacity, while natural gas and nuclear made up most of the rest. December 28th, 2016 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment The research that helps explain the election. via The New Yorker – by Maria Konnikova December 25, 2016 Research on psychological concepts like “cultural tightness” and “optimism bias” offers insight into the rise of Donald Trump. At the end of most years, I’m typically asked to write about the best psychology papers […] by Richard @ Bizmarts – Dec. 2011 **************************** Every day we see another article in the media about the positive signs in the economy; from the decline in the number of new unemployment claims, to a decline in the number of new foreclosures, to the claims that the world economy as a whole can expect […] New York CRT processor struggles to meet regulatory requirements via Resource Recycling – posted on December 22, 2016 by Bobby Elliott ************************* Despite having a CRT glass recycling furnace in place in New York, Nulife Glass has for years had difficulty coming into compliance with state facility rules. Nulife began processing up […] via Resource Recycling – Posted on December 20, 2016 by Dan Leifp Innovators in the resin realm often get a bad rap for prioritizing functionality over recyclability. But according to one bioplastics executive, end-of-life is still top-of-mind for many companies developing cutting-edge materials. In a webinar earlier this month, Steve Davies of […] “Why do almost no films ever show civilization functioning well, institutions doing their jobs, democracy working? The answer is simple: laziness. A storyteller’s job is to keep his or her characters in pulse-pounding jeopardy for 90 minutes of film, or 600 pages of a novel. It’s hard to do that if they can dial 911 […] If median voters theorem holds then parties in two party systems should pick positions close to a median voters ideal point. What historical or current evidence can you provide to support or contradict the claim of this hypothesis? ***** The whole concept of finding a political “Golden Mean” is faulty if each ‘wing’ starts from […] J.K. Rowling: The Single Mother’s Manifesto Writing about web page http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article7096786.ece From The Times Online, April 15, 2010 – J.K. Rowling writes: I’ve never voted Tory before, but . . .” Those much parodied posters, with their photogenic subjects and their trite captions, remind me irresistibly of glossy greetings cards. Indeed, the more […] How To Make $71 Billion A Year: Tax the Churches via Think Big – by DEREK BERES While the desire to tax churches is not new, it seems as far from reality as possible at this moment. As has been commented, no atheist could possibly hope to win an election in today’s political […] Action on Climate in the Age of Trump A Guide for Advocates On January 20, climate-conscious policymakers will be cast from the halls of power and replaced by a cadre of industry insiders whose giddy contempt for science will shape political discourse for […] Trump Lashes Out At ‘Vanity Fair,’ One Day After It Lambastes His Restaurant Facebook Twitter Google+ Email December 15, 20161:40 PM ET FacebookTwitter Patrons are reflected in a mirror as they eat at Trump Tower Grille at Trump Tower in New York. A critical Vanity […] The long history of the U.S. interfering with elections elsewhere via Washington Post – by Ishaan Tharoor October 13 U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger shakes hands with Chilean Foreign Minister Ismale Huerta Diaz during break in the Latin Foreign Ministers Conference in Mexico City, Feb. 22, 1974. (Ed Kolenovsky?AP) One of the […] Trump is laying the path for Democrats to reconsolidate the Blue Wall via Daily Kos by Egberto Willies Sunday Dec 11, 2016 · 9:00 PM EST Democrats lost a big chunk of the blue wall because they took many of the reliably Democratic states for granted. They did not do so by having policies inferior […] No matter how the rest of the world looked at us on Nov. 7, they will now look at us differently. The sun sets behind the Jefferson Memorial in Washington. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) America died on Nov. 8, […] American Dream collapsing for young adults, study says, as odds plunge that children will earn more than their parents via Wonkblog – by Jim Tankersley December 8 at 11:48 AM ************** Rising income inequality has eroded the ability for American children to grow up […] |
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