Bright future for renewable energy around the globe
The world’s sources of renewable energy — solar, wind, hydro, and more — are on a path to overtake coal as the world’s most used energy.A new report from the International Energy Agency, “World Energy...
View ArticleWhat's the least bad option on ISIS? Let's hear from a French Muslim 12-year-old
Note the question is not “what’s the best option” for the U.S. in response to the Paris attacks by the Islamic State that left 132 people dead. Because there are no good options. There never have been....
View Article$arah Palin willing to be GOP savior in prez race (with poll)
The half-term, half-brained former Alaska governor must not be seeing the book sales she needs to keep her Wasilla mansion up to date, because she’s all over conservative media saying that she’s...
View Article"Paid vacation"? GOP hits new low with hysteria against Syrian refugees
To score cheap political points after the terrorist attacks in Paris by the Islamic State, Republicans across the country, from governors to those in Congress to several running for president, are...
View ArticleWatch President Bartlett pardon two turkeys
As serious as the news is lately, I thought we could all enjoy watching our favorite fictional president from West Wing, Jed Bartlett, pardoning two turkeys, much as President Obama will do today...
View ArticleLaquan's killing wasn't cop's first go-round with misconduct
When Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke shot Laquan McDonald 16 times, it was one more step in the 14-year veteran officer’s history with the Chicago Police Department. Van Dyke was charged with...
View ArticleConspiracy Theory Rock! A video lesson about corporate media mega-opolies
Apparently this video ran once on Saturday Night Live in 1998. I never saw it before today. It’s a bit of a hoot, even if dated. x YouTube Video It ran once as part of a “TV Funhouse” segment and never...
View ArticleSorry, GOP: Planned Parenthood shooter is a terrorist
In the wake of the killing of three people and wounding of nine more at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic, there’s been a noticeable unwillingness from those on the right to call this...
View ArticleFAIR COPS: A revolutionary approach to Chicago police reform
Chicago doesn’t need another commission to figure out what’s wrong with city policing. What it needs is a truly independent review agency.In the wake of the video showing Chicago police officer Jason...
View ArticleIf you want to understand urban gun violence, see Chi-raq
Spike Lee’s new movie gives a brutal yet accurate picture of what it’s like to live in poor neighborhoods in a big city — the guns, the gangs, the violence, the killings, the lack of jobs and...
View ArticleISIS’ best new recruiting tool: Donald Trump
Even though he holds no official power — and sane people everywhere pray that he never will — GOP frontrunner Donald Trump already is undermining U.S. national security with his hate-filled remarks...
View ArticleClimate change pact creates impetus for renewable energy push
The historic agreement by nearly 200 countries on climate change was the biggest step ever taken on a world stage to curb global warming. It’s being called “the deal to save the world,” an “opportunity...
View ArticleNow THAT'S how you do solar energy
The current winner in the renewable energy push has to be the country of Morocco, which is building a solar energy plant that will leave every other effort in the dust. Or maybe we should say, in the...
View ArticleWho wants a vile, embarrassing President Trump? 44% of GOP voters
Since the reality show that is the 2016 presidential election starts officially in a few weeks with the Iowa caucuses, the media are inundating the airwaves with poll after poll every time there’s a...
View Article2016 New Year’s resolutions for presidential candidates
While many of us are considering diets, exercise, and acts of kindness as next year’s self-improvement projects, those running for the highest office in the land need to be more serious about their...
View ArticleThe year in White House photos
Pete Souza, the White House’s most excellent photographer, has just released his annual year in White House photos, and they’re stunning as usual. I’m starting with the shot in Selma because to me it...
View ArticleBest way to handle Y’all Qaeda “militia”? Laugh at them — and starve ’em out
First, let’s get something straight — heavily armed publicity hounds taking over a deserted government building to fight government “tyranny” and threatening to kill “government agents” aren’t...
View ArticleGet ready for some frozen Bundy buns
From the diaries. SusanFederal authorities have now made the decision to cut off power to the wildlife refuge center near Burns, Ore., occupied by the self-styled “militia” yahoos. According to a story...
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