Trump The Casinos at Mar-a-Gazo The proposed blitzkrieg that would sweep up the Panama Canal, Greenland, Gaza, Canada, and a few island nations to be named later? These pronouncements and declarations are all Weapons of Mass Distraction.
Energy Texas's Wobbly Marriage to Oil and Gas "The state has been flirting with some of those new-fangled energy sources. And maybe more than flirting, lately, we've jumped into bed with an eager, renewable energy mistress."
Travel Everything is Fine They announced pre-boarding, and suggested that we all line up for our seating. "Except for those connecting to Nassau, your flight is canceled."
climate change Haunted by Waters Every new home is another straw sipping from the reservoirs, which, increasingly in the added heat of climate change, have turned into what a Texas drought expert refers to as “giant evaporation ponds.” Evaporation rates of surface water in the Hill Country are approximately 57 inches per year.
environment Cold Weather Me and friends from Houston have gone skiing out west. We’d unzip jackets and even remove them. It was dry there. We weren’t the wimps we seemed.
climate change The Fire This Time Texas is burning. The flames, both literal and figurative, may not be in your yard...yet. Between the GOP and climate change, the flames (both literal and figurative) are burning Texas down.
climate change Did the Pandemic Open a Pandora’s Box of Doom or Just a Box of Crazy? Most heard phrase since the pandemic, “I can’t believe that . . ..” Events may not be related, but doesn’t it seem like we’ve been living in strange times since COVID?
climate change What Climate Debate? It's Over. The most calamitous effects of our denial and delay are now baked into the future. ...We have blown our opportunity to do anything meaningful to stop the worst effects of climate change.
environment How the West Was Lost “Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.” - W.H. Auden
national politics But Will He Be Happy With a ’69 Beetle for Graduation? Social media is chock full of complaints about the price of petrol lately. When it comes to the reasons why, the answers are enough to make Alex Trebek roll over in his grave.
climate change Haunted by Waters ...the north and the Midwest will undergo an economic and population resurgence in the coming decades because of water. Single states with thousands of lakes can support businesses and families far more affordably than the desert Southwest.
climate change "I'M SHOCKED, SHOCKED TO FIND ELECTRIC TRUCKS IN HERE" Automakers want to make money, and they want to keep making money decades down the road. And they are all, to a man and woman, betting on electric vehicles.