'Current Affairs' Archive
January 18th, 2012 / Current Affairs, Society /
I've been forcefully denouncing libertarianism for a few years now. It took me some time to connect the dots--and let ...
January 7th, 2012 / Bigotry, Current Affairs, Society /
Here is how one 21-year-old Texas woman reportedly thinks we should solve poverty in America:
Give welfare ...
April 21st, 2011 / Current Affairs, Energy Transition /
On Earth Day, surely it's more than just about prices, right? But prices are what gets people's attention, and rising ...
April 16th, 2011 / Current Affairs /
The following is excerpted from messages I exchanged with an acquaintance who calls herself a 'Constitutionalist:'
When I hear "Constitutionalist," it ...
April 9th, 2011 / Current Affairs, Energy Transition, Science /
The Energy Philosopher Episode 2: All thermal power plants require generous amounts of water, and become less efficient in hot weather. ...
March 29th, 2011 / Current Affairs, Energy Transition /
I've started a new YouTube channel called The Energy Philosopher where I'll be posting short video segments discussing ...
March 27th, 2011 / Current Affairs, Science /
I know it seems repetitive to keep talking about the climate, but until the dismal US Gallup climate numbers ...
December 30th, 2010 / Current Affairs, Science /
The world remains mired in blind indifference to a primal scream emanating from our future. If we could hear it, ...
October 7th, 2010 / Current Affairs, Newswire /
LED Lighting Guide: The Death of the Light Bulb
The incandescent lamp should be called the "heat bulb" not light bulb, since it is capable of a maximum 10% efficiency, ...
September 11th, 2010 / Critical Thought, Current Affairs, Religion, Religion Inspired Murders /
[The human] moral sense licenses aggression against others as a way to prevent or punish immoral acts. That is fine ...
August 22nd, 2010 / Current Affairs /
Guest post by John Hickman:
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is rarely subtle but there was an important subtext to ...
January 18th, 2010 / Current Affairs, Religion Inspired Murders /
The Old Man And The Cartoon
by J.P. Christiansen
Once upon a time,
in a country small, up north,
near close to sea and ...
January 8th, 2010 / Current Affairs, Psychology /
If there was any doubt about the abject inadequacy of the conservative psyche to face modern life, the airport scanner ...
November 7th, 2009 / Atheism, Bigotry, Current Affairs, Religion /
In the grand scheme of American politics, the gay marriage issue seems like it should really be a footnote. It ...
September 18th, 2009 / Current Affairs /
It's almost as if some people wish the Cold War had never ended. There was something attractive about the ...
September 16th, 2009 / Books, Current Affairs, Newswire /
America's got to end its deadly devotion to democracy
via Christian Science Monitor
Democracy is a messy business, even in wealthy countries. One look at the Tea Party demonstrations proves ...
September 14th, 2009 / Current Affairs, Humor, Newswire, Religion /
Apparently emboldened by the success of Prop. 8, it seems California religious nutters are now gathering signatures to put an initiative to ban divorce on the ballot in 2010. I still can't ...
September 12th, 2009 / Bigotry, Current Affairs, Society, Stupid Things /
"You lie!" shouted Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) at President Obama, in what Bill Maher compared to an episode of Tourette ...
September 8th, 2009 / Critical Thought, Current Affairs /
A few weeks back a friend of mine on Facebook asked me to fill out a questionnaire of "50 things ...
August 22nd, 2009 / Current Affairs, Energy Transition, Society /
More on Human Nature, and the Free-Rider Problem
"Why are people such assholes?" Someone asked me the other day.
I replied, "Because ...
August 20th, 2009 / Current Affairs, Singularity, Society /
It's really nice to be able to discuss disagreements about political philosophy without being called a liar, lunatic, thief ...
May 11th, 2009 / Celebrities, Current Affairs, Newswire /
The right is in a holy froth because President Obama laughed at a joke by Wanda Sykes saying she hoped Rush Limbaugh's kidneys would fail. Drudge immediately picked up the ...
April 29th, 2009 / Atheism, Current Affairs /
The New York Times (!) just ran an article called More Atheists Shout It From The Rooftops. The Los Angeles ...
April 26th, 2009 / Current Affairs, Energy Transition, Psychology /
A survey out last week from the Pew Research Center shows declining perceptions of necessity for a variety of household ...
February 7th, 2009 / Current Affairs, Energy Transition, Psychology, Science /
R Donaldson - February 2009
Water, Water
It is most of what our bodies are made of, in some way included in ...