An Open Response to Marianne Williamson
Here is my response to a post by Marianne Williamson regarding the lack of civility in our public discourse: Marianne, I resonate deeply with your… Read More »An Open Response to Marianne Williamson
Economics
Chernobyl Lives!
On April 25th and 26th 1986, the Number 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded causing the death of 30 plant workers and emergency responders,… Read More »Chernobyl Lives!
What Can Be Done?
The first step to solving any problem is recognizing you have one. What is our problem? We are experiencing the poly-crisis. We face a climate… Read More »What Can Be Done?
America’s Last Stand
It is 2024 and once again we turn our tired eyes towards electing another President of the United States. Why so tired? Harris vs. Trump…the… Read More »America’s Last Stand
Why Quantifying Climate Risk is the Wrong Question
Climate changes everything, even traditional approaches to risk management. A typical risk management process includes a risk assessment by probability & timeliness of occurrence and… Read More »Why Quantifying Climate Risk is the Wrong Question
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words…
Network – Howard Beale… Yet the wrong people got mad and we learned the wrong lesson. Wall Street – Gordon Gekko And so it is…… Read More »A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words…
How Wealthy Elites Chose to Betray the American Working Class…
Greed is not new, but previous generations learned hard lessons about the perils of consolidating wealth in too few hands. The gilded age led to… Read More »How Wealthy Elites Chose to Betray the American Working Class…
A Path to Sustainability…
COP26 is merely the start of our transformation to a 21st century sustainable economy. As it stands now we have non-binding commitments to cut GHG… Read More »A Path to Sustainability…
Just the facts*
For 10,000 years the average global surface temperature remained stable within 1°Celsius. Stable temperature produced consistent weather patterns that allowed humanity to develop farming. Farming… Read More »Just the facts*
The Urgency of Now
As Americans, the virtues we are encouraged to use as guideposts for success impede our personal fulfillment because they are at odds with how we… Read More »The Urgency of Now