Every time there is disastrously bad weather, we are treated to saturation coverage about “Global Warming“ or “climate change.“ There are graphic descriptions of fires, mudslides, heat waves, and wind, storms, including hurricanes, and tornadoes. There are calls for “action” to prevent further...
I just finished reading Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency by Dan Abrams, David Fisher. I rated it "4", rounded up from 3.75. I gave the other book I've recently read by Dan Abrams a "3", so I'm giving this one the benefit of the doubt.
As...
I just finished reading A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes by Eric Jay Dolin. I will give this book 3.5 stars.
A Furious Sky is a thrilling page-turner, and made me look forward to coming home from work early to read. I am quite the weather buff and history...
Robbie Robertson, leader of The Band, died today at 80 (link). Over the years he became a favorite of mine. His music, including The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and The Weight, movie soundtrack Easy Rider, provided many good times and moments of listening pleasure. Once We Were Brothers, a...
I find the word "denier" offensive. Search the term “denier.“ It was in connection with the Holocaust that I first heard the term “denier,” I think, in the 1980s or 1990’s. My primary concern, however, is that climate has been put off-limits to any rational discussion. People who do not...
Actively reading right now:
Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case T…
by David Fisher
68/320 (21%)
A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year Hi…
by Eric Jay Dolin
19/432 (4%)
Carolina Israelite: How Harry Golden Ma…
by Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett
64/359 (18%)
I just got finished reading Day-O!!! The Autobiography of Irving Burgie by Irving Burgie, which I finished reading minutes ago. Day-O, best described by the author as "The Shout Heard 'Round the World" launched both Irving Burgie's (credited on album as Lord Burgess) and Harry Belafante's...
Two reasons:
If their predictions are accurate their highly valuable investments will be under water shortly; and
Getting to Martha's Vineyard leaves its own carbon footprint.
Somehow the Red States still have plenty of living people. What you call "science denial," in some cases, is refusing to join a mutual admiration society or engage in confirmation bias.
Did Hilary have a magic wand? I voted for her but just as I don't think people can change the weather, I don't think people can magically stop a virus either.