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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 ...

Compare the Candidates

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 Posted in Energy, Politics | 2 Comments »

So Mike Huckabee thinks we should quarantine people with AIDS and allow our children to mutilate and murder household pets with no consequence. Sounds like a winner to me. Given people with AIDS are lesser than those without (please sense ...

Coal for President

Saturday, December 1st, 2007 Posted in Energy, Politics | No Comments »

Josh Dorner has written a great piece on how infectious the coal industry is trying to become. I've already seen numerous extremely deceptive advertisements on television about "clean" coal, which to me is the equivalent of a "soothing" kick to ...

The Greening of St. Louis

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007 Posted in Environment, Politics | No Comments »

Here's a link to a good article called, The Greening of St. Louis, from my friends over at Show Me Progress (SMP).

America’s Corn-Based Idiocy

Thursday, September 20th, 2007 Posted in Agriculture, Energy, Politics, Society, Technology | 1 Comment »

Please remain calm and in a single-file line or we'll Taser you until you wet yourself. I'd like to share with you an editorial from the International Herald Tribune, a New York Times outfit but still a decent clear-headed international ...