Most people living in Western Civilization take their energy for granted. We enjoy the modern convenience of electricity coming from a plug in the wall or the flip of a switch, well-lit homes, buildings and streets. We live in air-conditioned […]
This year to celebrate the 4th of July, I take a look at seven measures of our country’s health and the competing visions of her future. In my Happy Birthday America! blog post from last year, I discussed some of […]
The lead story on Good Morning America on Tuesday June 2 was the Vanity Fair cover and other photos of former male Olympic champion Bruce Jenner, who has undergone gender reassignment surgery and become a woman named Caitlyn. Here’s the […]
Power Is Life As a student of history, I know that until the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, human beings on this planet lived difficult lives with many challenges. People were at the mercy of local weather conditions and long […]
In the months leading up to the election in November 2014, I was quite active in my activism – writing, tweeting, posting on my Facebook page, and generally doing everything I could to help the candidates and causes I supported. […]
The Democratic Party’s challenger in Colorado’s 6th Congressional district is former state house Speaker Andrew Romanoff. Andrew just turned 48, and clearly is hoping to leverage his boyish good looks, intelligence and charm into an electoral victory in November. In […]
In the first three parts of this series, I reviewed the cases for and against climate change being a true phenomenon, the causes of climate change and some of the costs to our economy of climate change belief. To recap, […]
In Parts One and Two, I reviewed how I became interested in the topic, the arguments for and against global warming, climate change, and human involvement in the climate system. To recap very simply: I think that the evidence supports […]
In my previous post in this series, I reviewed how I became interested in the topic of climate change, my initial research into the topic, and my conclusion based upon the data scientists have compiled that climate change is a […]
As a young person, one of my favorite college classes was The History of Western Civilization, taught by Professor Steven Wozniak at the University of New Mexico. Professor Wozniak, despite his disdain for recently elected President Ronald Reagan, was a […]