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John McWhatThe . . .

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 Posted in Economy, Environment, Government, Politics, Sustainability | No Comments »

I feel like I've been apologizing quite a bit recently for posting sparsely. Well, apologies for all the apologies, and once again for the original apology's catalyst. The much more steady communicator, Sierra Club's Carl Pope, sent me (and thousands, if ...

Living in the City is Greener

Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Energy, Government, Ideas, Local, Society | No Comments »

A new study has (re)confirmed what is obvious to most: city residents pollute less than their suburban counterparts. The study was completed by the Brookings Institute and released yesterday. The most basic conclusion from the report is that "each resident of ...

Renew Missouri

Monday, April 7th, 2008 Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Government | 3 Comments »

Apologies for the recent absence. While work has taken up some of my free time in the past few weeks, I've also been negligent about writing. Primarily due to the lack of motivation but also because I've been thinking about ...

Super Tuesday

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 Posted in Government | No Comments »

Unless you live in cave, you know today is Super Tuesday. It's the day that a severely flawed yet unparalleled election system goes to work to pare down candidates from both parties. And, unless you're in the minority of people ...

Executive Privilege Agency

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 Posted in Government | 1 Comment »

My time on this earth has not been long, and I try not to get overly involved with too many things so as not to trigger an information overload-induced stroke. But, when I do discover the shear stupidity or ignorance ...