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A new website went up: Vote Sanity! Vote Sanity calls attention to how so many candidates’ views are not extreme but, well, simply leave the reservation. As Billy Wimsatt put it: My Fellow Sane Americans, What does it say about us that the most effective counterweight to the Tea Party is not a political party […]

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This is a guest post from Renzo Gasolini who, with some painful satire, highlights how (even) the Chinese have “left behind” the United States in a key path toward a prosperous and climate-friendly future.  For those who might question how much this rings true, perhaps it is worth considering that in Wisconsin. Republican candidate for […]

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Let me give Alan Drake one of the highest compliments that I know of: he makes me think. I got to know Alan due to some pretty acerbic criticism from him about the viability of aspects of the 2006 Energize America plan. He (rightfully) argued that it gave rail (especially electrified rail) short shrift and […]

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Retired Air Force Colonel Jeff Barnett is one of the hardest working Congressional candidates in the nation, having walked his entire (reasonably large) district in an effort to introduce himself to the citizens and voters.  Barnett has a strong resume, pilot, military assistant to the Office of Net Assessment, and time as Chief of Staff […]

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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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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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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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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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Water, water, everywhere Where it comes from Where it goes Does anyone care? Water, water, everywhere, From the sky, from the ground, What it costs we seem unaware Does anyone care? For most people in the developed world, clean water is a given. And, using that water for play (pools), friviolity (whether Las Vegas fountains […]

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There are a myriad of ways in which the U.S. home mortgage system is weak to even broken. The extent of the housing bubble to the shoddy paperwork (and, in too many cases, outright fraud) in foreclosures are just two minor little examples of the problems we face. One contributing factor — to the housing […]

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