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R L Miller comes to the table with thoughtful, informed, insightful, and passionate writing. This guest post is part of a series highlighting the anti-science syndrome suffering hatred of a livable economic system that is prevalent in the new wave of Republican candidates for Congress. An utter disdain for science, openly using truthiness-laden talking points […]

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The growing threatened and actual violence in American politics should terrify all citizens concerned about a robust and strong Republic.  We’ve had people showing up with weapons at rallies with, at least, implicit threats against the President. In August 2009, many showed up at Democratic politicians’ public fora with an intent to scream and intimidate […]

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R L Miller comes to the table with thoughtful, informed, insightful, and passionate writing. This guest post is part of a series highlighting the anti-science syndrome suffering hatred of a livable economic system that is prevalent in the new wave of Republican candidates for Congress. An utter disdain for science, openly using truthiness-laden talking points […]

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Koch Industries … one of the wealthiest businesses in the world, privately owned by a far-right libertarian klan who are spending furiously to undermine the very concept of representative democracy. The Koch brothers have their hands (filthy) dirty in funding global warming denial efforts (with Koch funding skewing even Smithsonian museum halls into climate skeptic […]

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Well, actually, a bit of a typo in the title. We’re actually talking Yeo Valley, a UK organic products farm/ firm in Somerset, England. We believe living sustainably is just common sense: we look after the land and our animals and, in return, they look after us. We think better grass and conditions makes better-fed, […]

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Have to say, writ large, of the ‘traditional print’ outlets in the United States, the Christian Science Monitor has traditionally rated quite high with me. While it isn’t part of my every day reading, I have valued it when I’ve gotten my hands dirty reading it. In other words, it really was a bit of […]

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In North Carolina, Democratic Party Senate nominee Elaine Marshall is closing on incumbent Senator Richard Burr. While polling shows Marshall trailing some eight points, that is five points closer than just a week ago. North Carolinians are waking up to the election and taking notice of the stark contrasts between the two candidates. One of […]

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Does this capture the Obama presidency? “model of a modern American President. A liberal one at first but now it seems I have a centrist bent …” “Centrist”, sadly, seems defined in rather conservative terms as there has been such movement to the right in the Overton Window due to decades-long investment by such true […]

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Like many people, I can happily spend time playing with my kids, have coached sports teams for years, can tune out with a foolish comedy, happily read fiction, can become entranced with a recipe, thrilled at an outdoor experience … e.g., there is much to life outside the study of energy and climate issues. Truly, […]

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This guest post from Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse examines the disconnect between the Republican Party leadership and how Americans have confidence in scientists.  This highlights the importance of educating the public about climate science — and how the Obama Administration has failed in this educational responsibility. For years, climate deniers have lied and misinformed to […]

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