Published inNo-Nonsense MusingsNo Big lefty Ideas? Try This ScenarioThe world desperately needs Big New Lefty Ideas. But until they come, perhaps visions of where current trends may be taking the US will…3d agoA response icon83d agoA response icon8
Published inNo-Nonsense MusingsWhere Have All the Lefty Ideas Gone?Why does the Left in America have no widely appealing vision of a climate-friendly future that also reflects its defining egalitarian…May 27A response icon49May 27A response icon49
Published inThe New Climate.Oil, Dollars — Sunshine, YuanFossil fuels and finance are inextricably intertwined in Trump’s vision for America. China is now our paid-for-in-yuan hope.May 12May 12
Published inNo-Nonsense MusingsThere Is No Alternative — There Is No Going Back“There is No Alternative” — 1980s UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s famous “Tina” — is an expression as widely used as ever. But it…Apr 18Apr 18
Published inNo-Nonsense MusingsOil’s Trouble with TrumpUS oil executives voted for Trump in large numbers and gave him money in large amounts. But for all Trump’s inebriating “drill, baby…Apr 11A response icon6Apr 11A response icon6
Published inThe New Climate.Sounds Behind the Climate SilenceForget what you don’t hear. The impact of climate chaos is being felt everywhere, from energy demand to Trump’s foreign policy.Apr 7A response icon7Apr 7A response icon7
Published inNo-Nonsense MusingsPerspectives in the Time of TrumpHow can it be that people who have been writing and talking for years about the end of American hegemony and the multiple crises engulfing…Apr 5A response icon7Apr 5A response icon7
Published inThe New Climate.Farming in Unsettled America — Past and FutureWendell Berry long ago saw that abusing land would lead people to abuse themselves and others. Can America find a way out?Mar 27A response icon17Mar 27A response icon17
Published inNo-Nonsense MusingsSprouts of Hope in Trump’s RubbleAs a leftist — not to be confused with a centrist Democrat — I don’t agree with US President Donald Trump on much. But I do detect some…Mar 10A response icon9Mar 10A response icon9
Published inThe New Climate.World Energy DisorderThe UN framework for dealing with climate change is collapsing. What new energy transition structures might arise in its place?Feb 24A response icon5Feb 24A response icon5
