Fandango’s Provocative Question #145 If you’re American, do you concur with my assessment that our country is rapidly going to hell in a handbasket? Or do you believe that everything is hunky-dory and America’s light is shining as brightly as ever?… Read More ›
This article is part of a long ongoing series of my thoughts on the role of climate change in history, which interfaces with the collapse of American democracy. Other articles in this series: The “Lenin” of climate change; rising fascism; do-nothing Democrats; the… Read More ›
Georges Bank: Collapse of the Ground Fishery I wanted to write about this but realized others had already done the research. So instead of writing, I found the best articles I could about what had happened. The most readable was… Read More ›
The Changing Seasons: September 2021 It hasn’t (until today) been a magical month for photography. Of course there are a few birds and some awfully cute squirrels. And lets not forget the chrysanthemums and the other flowerbox blossoms. Mostly what we… Read More ›
This morning I read an article in National Geographic about the lockdown. It seems to have made the lives of at least some birds better, at least for this year. It turns out I was wrong about us having lost… Read More ›
Fandango’s Provocative Question #131 There is no serious dispute by anyone that humans hold significant responsibility for damaging Earth’s ecology. You can’t label water pollution or unbreathable air as caused by anything the earth does to itself — short of being… Read More ›
I read an article today that argues that coal-burning generators are not doing all that much damage to the climate. This is the kind of argument that makes me gag. I’ll get back to this later. There is no serious… Read More ›
This started out as a comment, but it grew to be more. It’s incredibly hot outside. I was out there early this morning to hose down the deck both to clean it and water the flowerboxes. I also put out… Read More ›
Fandango’s Provocative Question #130 You want to know what I’m worrying about? You mean whether or not there is going to BE a planet to live on? Other than that? Let us start with the simplet, yet somehow most heartfelt expletive… Read More ›
The entire report is more than 4,000 pages, but (from the Washington Post), here are is their introduction plus five critical lines: “The new report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the most comprehensive look ever at… Read More ›
There’s a very good chance that the Chinook salmon is going to die for good this year. From the L.A. Times — Paul Thornton, <paul.thornton@email.latimes.com> –comes this heartbreaking bit of news: “A case in point is what The Times Editorial… Read More ›
Pictures from our friend Ben who lives in Phoenix where it is 115 degrees. This was his view of the sun the other day. He was able to point his camera right at the sun to get this shot. It… Read More ›
Serendipity Seeking Intelligent Life on Earth 