Independence Day…From Oil and Coal.

Wouldn’t it make a great birthday present to the country if we could get serious about Energy Independence? Yale Environment 360: As Energy Prices Rise, the Pressure to Drill Builds

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African fractals, in buildings and braids

TED | Talks | Ron Eglash: African fractals, in buildings and braids (video) “I am a mathematician, and I would like to stand on your roof.” That is how Ron

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A New Website…At Least For Me

I have subscribed to Michael Pollan’s website to be sent updates to what’s happening in his world. I received a notice that led me to a new environmental website…If you

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End of the Month, End of the Week Muse

One of  the email missives I look forward to comes in on it’s own schedule each month. It is from Andy Griffin of Mariquita Farm called “The Ladybug Letter”. Andy

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Musing on the Fairness of the Vote…

David Broder has a column today that touches on a subject that has bothered me for a good while… After watching the effects of the Delay led gerrymander in Texas

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Midweek Muses…

From the papers and email… Paul C. Light – Can’t-Do Government – washingtonpost.com The next president will inherit what Alexander Hamilton called a “government ill executed.” Now that’s a legacy,

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True happiness in a bowl of pasta sause…

TED | Talks | Malcolm Gladwell: What we can learn from spaghetti sauce (video) Tipping Point author Malcolm Gladwell gets inside the food industry’s pursuit of the perfect spaghetti sauce

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