The Nazis didn't need a majority to take control of Germany. They didn't win a majority of the votes in any election. They won through fear and complacency. They roamed the streets, and the people did nothing. They vandalized Jewish businesses, and the police did nothing.
So, I know I promised optimism, but let's get the bad news out of the way. The climate is warming, and it will continue to do so in an exponential fashion. The window in which we could have done something to slow or reverse climate change closed years
This is a troubling political time, and now more than ever it's important that political messaging is clear and free of hyperbole. After 8 years of Republican hysteria about Obama, I'm seeing some of the same trends starting to come out of the Democratic base. This
At this point, I think two things have become clear. Donald Trump's agenda is exactly what he said on the campaign trail, contrary to what many of his fringe supporters claimed. Also, Hillary Clinton's appeal was limited at best. I'd like to extend an
Damned if you do, damned if you don't. That's the problem with military intervention. The USA has many examples of "humanitarian" intervention in just the last half-century, from Kosovo to Somalia on the lower end of scale to Iraq and Vietnam on the upper