Climate Change and Divestment Politics – pt.1
So last week I had the chance to sit on stage with a handful of New York students and Bill McKibben and ask him some questions about the newly emerging climate divestment movement...
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Thinking About Seeing #Mali
So I was thinking about Mali today after seeing a whole batch of new photos coming out of Timbuktu following the French paratrooper arrival there earlier this week. Here’s one that was run...
Exploding the Myth of American Exceptionalism
While it’s not a surprise to many of us, the latest international health study confirms what many of us have been saying for a long time–the only thing exceptional about American today is...
Pointing Barrels, Pointing Fingers
“The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.” Never one to shy away from a fight, especially one about guns in America, the...
The Resignation of Scientific Capitalism
Last month I had the chance to write a response piece for the IRCPL, where a friend happens to work, about a public talk given by Wallack Broecker at Columbia. The published piece...
The Abnormal is the New Anthropocene Climate Norm
“The danger signs are all around.” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon While we really don’t need UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to tell us how f’d the planet and all of us are, it’s somewhat...
