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I am a retired physicist and hold a B, S, in Ch. E. as well. I have been an environmental activist since the early 1970s. I have been a writer of opinion pieces and other essays since about 1995. I am an owner of a home with mineral rights in Fort Worth, Texas. I am politically a progressive. As a technical advisor to a select committee of the Philmont Staff Association from 2006-2008 I studied the technology of horizontal gas drilling and the environmental effects associated with it. In Fort Worth I am an activist against urban gas drilling.

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13 Articles, 1 Quick Links, 52 Comments, 4 Diaries, 0 Polls

52 Comments


Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 6:54:38 AM

Article : ""What It Is Like to Go to War", by Karl Marlantes--My Respon"

Re: EOD


Sunday, December 25, 2011 at 11:07:59 AM

Article : ""What It Is Like to Go to War", by Karl Marlantes--My Respon"

Marlantes's thought provoking book, What It Is Like to...


Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 9:35:34 AM

Article : "The Most Important Economic Speech of His Presidency"

The Liar in the White House--no second term!!


Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 9:31:35 AM

Quicklink : "Obama attacks Republican economic theory: "It's never worked"

Obama--chameleon


Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 6:03:28 PM

Article : "Guns For Killing Cops and Soldiers?"

10 years of reading and writing wasted...


Monday, December 13, 2010 at 5:00:12 PM

Article : "We Are So Screwed-- So Let's Not Take It Laying Down"

I've tried everything over the last 10 years...


Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 8:28:34 PM

Article : "Religious Right Attacks Elizabeth Edwards' Deism"

Gee, you have an awfully narrow view of Christianity.


Friday, September 3, 2010 at 6:09:15 PM

Article : "A LAMENT FOR LABOR DAY: WHEN UNEMPLOYMENT HAPPENS TO YOU"

deja vu all over again...


Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 11:45:21 AM

Article : "Gulf Oil Spill- Is BP ignoring a green solution? PART III -"

If you mean...


Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 9:08:28 AM

Article : "B.P. SHOW US THE MUDLOGS! By geologist, Chris Landau"

The video?


Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 7:43:10 AM

Article : "Gulf Oil Spill- Is BP ignoring a green solution? PART III - "

Let's not go off half cocked...


Friday, June 11, 2010 at 3:20:24 PM

Article : "B.P. SHOW US THE MUDLOGS! By geologist, Chris Landau"

Questions from a chemical engineer


Friday, June 11, 2010 at 1:35:17 PM

Article : "How to Solve and Understand the Oil Blowout in The Gulf Of M"

Blowouts have been stopped before..


Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 11:46:21 AM

Article : "A passive, submissive mindset grips America: "the silence of"

"the silence of the lambs"


Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 6:35:40 PM

Article : "Dear President Obama: Steps You Must Take to Prevent BP Oil "

additional suggestions


Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 10:42:23 AM

Article : "Give it a break"

Making a Difference


Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 10:15:06 AM

Article : "Part Two: Discussing American Ennui with Clinical Psychologi"

I'll do that


Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 10:15:00 AM

Article : "Part Two: Discussing American Ennui with Clinical Psychologi"

The Impossible Will Take A Little While


Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 6:04:22 AM

Article : "Part Two: Discussing American Ennui with Clinical Psychologi"

Ennui...


Friday, October 9, 2009 at 5:51:05 PM

Article : "Obama Wins the Nobel Peace Prize?"

A little perspective may explain this award...


Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 2:13:49 PM

Article : "You had no idea what you were agreeing to when you signed a"

Gathering lines vs transmission lines


Saturday, September 19, 2009 at 6:53:50 AM

Quicklink : "Canadian Health Care, Even With Queues, Bests US"

Is that all there is?


Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 5:59:00 AM

Article : "My 1933 Nightmare"

plaudits! kudos! accolades!


Monday, July 27, 2009 at 10:45:33 AM

Article : "ANIMAL FARM - 2009"

Twisting Orwell


Sunday, July 26, 2009 at 4:33:38 PM

Article : "A Conspiracy Theorist in the Family: My Problems with the 9/"

Whoa, there, Pilgrim!


Sunday, July 19, 2009 at 8:13:30 AM

Article : "The Cult of Holt and More from Nancy Tobi"

Nancy is describing a textbook con game.


Friday, July 17, 2009 at 10:10:15 AM

Article : "Alastair's Take on American Media"

It's time to call a spade a spade.


Monday, June 29, 2009 at 6:23:54 AM

Article : "Conspiracy Theories vs. Conspiracies and the Case of the Wor"

Author's Thanks for reading and a few comments


Friday, January 30, 2009 at 8:40:19 PM

Article : "Privatization Pillagers Plumping Texas"

My thoughts...


Friday, November 14, 2008 at 5:27:36 AM

Article : "Election 2008: Spotlight on Minnesota"

Election Auditing


Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 9:10:48 AM

Article : "Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Mickey Mouse"

I don't believe we should just sit back and watch.


Friday, October 24, 2008 at 10:33:45 AM

Article : ""Small is Beautiful-Economics as if People Mattered""

problems


Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 1:18:54 PM

Diary : "Paul Krugman - a Progressive Economist or a DLC Hit Man?"

Couldn't agree more...


Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 1:42:14 PM

Diary : "Please Comment:: A Conversation about Raising the Quality of"

Be careful who you try to emulate, please


Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 1:13:28 PM

Article : "Floods, Fear, Serpents and Murder"

A wonderful piece!


Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 5:59:28 AM

Article : "Another Ineffective e-Voting Reform Bill that Solves Nothing"

Hello again, Brent


Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 12:18:04 PM

Article : "Another Ineffective e-Voting Reform Bill that Solves Nothing"

Whoops!


Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 12:05:10 PM

Article : "Another Ineffective e-Voting Reform Bill that Solves Nothing"

That's odd...


Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 7:52:20 AM

Article : "Another Ineffective e-Voting Reform Bill that Solves Nothing"

Paper ballots


Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 6:28:04 AM

Article : "Another Ineffective e-Voting Reform Bill that Solves Nothing"

Well...


Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 5:14:29 AM

Article : "Another Ineffective e-Voting Reform Bill that Solves Nothing"

Sorry, but no cigar


Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 4:48:42 PM

Article : "Poses of Barack Obama Part 1"

Obama--a member of the DLC?


Monday, February 11, 2008 at 5:30:15 PM

Article : "Headed for a Train Wreck"

A train wreck?


Monday, February 4, 2008 at 10:06:34 AM

Article : "Clinton-Obama: Ticket of Inevitability"

Deck Chairs on the Titanic


Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 10:18:15 AM

Quicklink : "John Edwards is pi$$ing off all the right people"

About Edwards...


Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at 4:07:41 PM

Article : "What part of illegal, unconstitutional and treasonous don't"

A small but important correction...


Saturday, July 21, 2007 at 4:37:47 PM

Article : "30 DAYS TO ABSOLUTE TYRANNY! - Bush's latest Executive Order"

Look at Sec. 4 and 5


Monday, July 2, 2007 at 4:57:10 PM

Article : "It's the business, stupid"

It's Greed, Stupid


Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 6:07:26 PM

Article : "Defining Freedom..."

Nice try, but a little off the mark...


Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 5:32:44 PM

Article : "OK! That's Enough! I Have Had it With This BULLSH__! Let's"

Hmmm...


Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 12:01:53 PM

Article : "'Daily Voting News' For March 21, 2007"

TX HB 3894 hits snag


Saturday, February 17, 2007 at 7:54:09 AM

Article : "Responding to General Clark's Views on Iran"

Re: Responding to General Clark's Views on Iran