In a heartbreaking article in the Washington Post about Secretary DeVos’ stand on climate change, the author, Valerie Strauss, adds a letter written by Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Democratic Senator where the Senator writes of the efforts of the Heartland Institute, a climate denial “think tank” to promote a climate denial information packet sent to … [Read more…]
In this NYT article about the risks of public and private infrastructure projects, this quote about Blackstone, which announced a $40 billion dollar infrastructure fund: Stephen A. Schwarzman, Blackstone’s chairman and chief executive, is leading a White House business advisory group, which lists infrastructure work as one of its topics for discussion. Conflict of interest … [Read more…]
Jill Lapore hits the nail on the head in her comment in the June 5, 2017 New Yorker “The Strategy of Truth.” Trump and Ailes
I revere the written word, but I’m bookmarking the audio of Dylan’s Nobel lecture because hearing it adds so much more than reading it ever would due to his incredible voice, the inflections and the music. The print version of the lecture is found here.
Arctic stronghold of world’s seeds flooded after permafrost melts No seeds were lost but the ability of the rock vault to provide failsafe protection against all disasters is now threatened by climate change The Guardian, May 19, 2017
The Tangled Story Behind Trump’s False Claims Of Voter Fraud A nice bit of background information from the folks (Maggie Koerth-Baker) at FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.com with some statistical education (for me anyway) thrown in. Amazing what you can do with stats.
This account sums up the feelings against the Mormons in Northern California. This will be added to as more articles like this come are found. Sonoma Democrat > 29 October 1857 Mormonism—Where’s it to End? Among the leading topics of the day at the present time, that is exciting the public mind from one end … [Read more…]
In the New Yorker, Oct 1, 1973, Richard Harris wrote an in-depth essay on the “The Presidency and the Press”, coving the Nixon White House and providing a good deal of background on the topic. It can be found here. This country’s reporters observe the odd tradition of providing a new President with a “honeymoon”—that … [Read more…]
About: http://blogs.harvard.edu/vrm/about/ https://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2015/09/18/debugging-adtech-assumptions/ Wrong. If people have a real relationship with a company, they want it to be with sales or service. That’s it. For example, I have a great relationship with the service department of East Coast Volkswagen in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. I’m on a first-name basis with the guys there, who know … [Read more…]
Read this closely, it is unedited, force yourself, read all the way to the end and see what our new administration is doing and thinking. It makes my skin crawl. Remarks of FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly Before the American Legislative Exchange Council’s Spring Task Force Summit Annual Summit, Charlotte, NC May 5, 2017 Thank you … [Read more…]