Trump is operating his transition from New York. I understand he has suggested that, once he becomes President, he will spend future weekends at Trump Tower, New York. This may be unusual, some say unprecedented, but the good news is that as long as he is in New York he won’t be doing as …
My wife and I decided not to talk incessently about the results of the election, but to calmly wait and see what the new President actually does. Our resolve didn’t last long. Of all the many issues one could worry about, global climate change has to be by far the most important . Other changes …
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From Greg de Paco, New Westminster, British Columbia “George Monbiot is correct that if a transportation system were designed today with the objective of moving people around efficiently it would not focus on the private automobile. In North America our transportation systems were not designed for efficient movement but for auto industry profit. “The car …
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The Rocky Mountain Institute, an energy- focused think tank, says, in effect, that we are on the verge of an energy and technology transformation to rival the sudden decline of the coal industry. They point to the real technological transformation that could arrive from the merger of two vehicle trends — automation and electrification — and …
Issue one coarse crude or vulgar word while I was growing up and I was sent to my room without the next meal. Among a host of other concerns raised by the election campaign, the coarseness of the language, the vulgarity, rudeness and lack of respect for others – these stand out as truly troubling. …
