There’s a herd of pachyderms in the room
Sunday, February 14th, 2010 Posted in Boomer News, Priorities, Statistics | No Comments »The biggest elephant in the room is population, but there is a whole herd of elephants that are not getting any daily attention. You know kids, how you have a thing in your room that needs fixing, but you keep putting ...
What are the Limits of Growth?
Monday, May 25th, 2009 Posted in Limits of Growth, Politics, Priorities | No Comments »Okay kids, help your grandpa out. Is there such a thing as "unsustainable growth"? Our planet is a spaceship ... it has a fixed amount of each element. To be economically and financially healthy however, our country needs to have growth ... ...
The Little Ice Age & Stubborn Neurons
Monday, May 4th, 2009 Posted in Politics, Priorities, media | No Comments »There are lots of history lessons in the History Channel's Little Ice Age documentary kids. The Little Ice Age occurred between 1300 & 1850, and made life very hard indeed in northern Europe. A 4 degree drop in temperature caused ...
Loyality … Global or country?
Monday, May 4th, 2009 Posted in Politics, Priorities, media | No Comments »David Brooks has a thought provoking article in NY Times 4/30/09. We face a series of transnational threats. How much control should we give to global institutions and how much to individual countries? Our first Look back from the moon at ...
Make products vs. Shuffling Papers?
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 Posted in Politics, Priorities, media | No Comments »Obama commenting on the American automobile industry at a recent town hall meeting in effect said, "It's better to make products than shuffle papers like we have been doing". (The last time I heard someone say that was back in the ...