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(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, March 16, 2013 Fracking: Water Issues--Colorado-centric, but applicable to all
The oil and gas industry assures us that fracking uses less than one percent of all water used in this country. At one time that was true. Now it's time to look a little closer at that stat.
(4 comments) SHARE Thursday, February 28, 2013 The Fracking Lectures: Prelude
This was the first of 11 scheduled talks held at the University of Colorado to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about hydraulic fracturing.
(4 comments) SHARE Wednesday, October 10, 2012 On Being Fodder for Offenders
There are two kinds of people who use "Democrat" as a descriptor, and the gulf is wide between them. Don't let yourself be used.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, February 20, 2012 The Privileges of Power: Is Seduction an Absolute Certainty?
People starting out with the best intentions, once comfortably ensconced in positions of power, experience changes to their perspectives that may be quite invisible to them and even incompatible with earlier views.
(3 comments) SHARE Tuesday, February 7, 2012 Soothing Those Vexing Psychic Splinters
Time after time sincerely held beliefs and values metamorphize into beliefs and values that contrast immensely with what went before. How does this happen?
(10 comments) SHARE Monday, December 12, 2011 Seeds of destruction: It's NOT just about food
The subject of genetic modification of food may not be sexy, but there are a few things you should know. One is that Monsanto employees do not want GM food in their cafeterias.
(22 comments) SHARE Tuesday, November 15, 2011 Why Barack Obama Does Not Disappoint Some Folks
The presidency of Barack Obama is not a disappointment to some. I wanted to understand the reasons for that, and to specify how some may differ.
(5 comments) SHARE Monday, April 4, 2011 A Primer for Elected Politicians
Corporations may have the money, but thus far we the people still have the vote. We voted you in and now, at least in theory, you are to listen and respond to us. Somehow that hasn't been happening. So here, containing some reminders, is a primer for elected politicians.
(4 comments) SHARE Sunday, March 27, 2011 Is You Itching for Rescue Again?
The ongoing persecution of Wikileaks focuses the real struggle between what remains of democracy and resurgent despotism. We must resist distraction and false dichotomies and see what is happening around us. We will not be saved by the next election results; we can only save ourselves.
SHARE Saturday, July 3, 2010 A Response to an Unspoken Sentiment
When Dean Hartwell responded to certain pronouncements from the right, I recalled another maxim that deserves a response.