Correction: We're not eating money. We're feeding it to the wealthy in exchange for nothing at all. Time to stop? (source)by Gaius PubliusIt's not over yet — in the largest sense — but thinking like this sure moves the climate car closer to the no-return part of the cliff. The governor of Alaska wants to drill more oil to pay for ... wait for it ...
This could be someone you know and love (source). How aggressively should your presidential candidate work to prevent it?by Gaius PubliusAs many readers know, I'm a fan of what the game of Go calls a "strong move" — very aggressive play when the position is favorable.
by Gaius PubliusThere's new reporting on the U.S. bombing of the Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières, or MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. As you may know, Doctors Without Borders wants the incident, in which 22 people were killed, including patients who burned to death in their beds, investigated as a war crime. (You'll see their reasons lower in this piece.)Now, thanks to excellent reporting by Ryan Grim at Huffington Post, we have more information.
Animated visualization of the startling decline of Arctic sea ice, showing the minimum volume reached every September since 1979, set on a map of New York with a 10km grid to give an idea of scale. As it plays, note the sudden drops in 1992, 1995, 2006 and 2012. Collapses aren't linear (source).by Gaius PubliusI've written before about Arctic sea ice and how the area encompassed by ice at the end of summer is shrinking.
by Gaius PubliusRecently, in writing about the newly-opened TPP issue — yes, it's about to be finalized, initialed and voted on — I said that three of the four major candidates had known positions. Trump and Sanders are strongly opposed (or so Trump says), and Biden is reportedly in favor. Clinton, the last candidate to declare her position, is going to be forced to make her views known soon, since she has tied her delay to the fact that the final text is unavailable.
Hillary Clinton in September 2015 on TPP. That text will soon be released, and Clinton will have a Keystone-like opportunity to improve her standing. Will she take it?
"Famous Whiskey Insurrection in Pennsylvania", an 1880 illustration of a tarred and feathered tax collector being made to ride the rail (click to enlarge; source)by Gaius PubliusNot long ago, this excellent piece by Ken explored the real meaning of the Second Amendment.
"The game is rigged." Doesn't sound much like a "market" to me. And "capitalism" isn't the word you're looking for either.by Gaius Publius(This is part one of several pieces on what Bernie Sanders can accomplish if elected president. At the end I offer an example of a Sanders-like "What I will never do" speech.
