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Self-Reliance Versus Government Control

July 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment · sustainability

One of my readers, Bryce Beattie of Real Self-Reliance, has written a thoughtful response to my criticism of legislators opposing the Waxman-Markey bill. This bill is known as the carbon cap and trade bill; it narrowly passed the House last week by getting some bipartisan support, and will be facing much opposition in the Senate. [...]

The Climate Doesn’t Play Politics

June 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · sustainability

Nobel laureate Paul Krugman writes today in the New York Times that the opposition of much of Congress to the Waxman-Markey bill is treason and betrayal. If it passes, this bill will be our nation’s first legislative response to global warming. The House narrowly passed Waxman-Markey last Friday, and it now goes to the Senate, [...]

House Votes on Carbon Cap & Trade Bill This Friday

June 24th, 2009 · No Comments · politics, sustainability

Thor Hinckley, manager of the nation’s leading renewable power program, supplied this guest post. Thor is my husband. To quote from Nobel laureate Al Gore: “For those who care about the global warming catastrophe — this is the moment”. The Waxman-Markey legislation known as the Carbon Cap and Trade bill is coming up for a [...]

The Emotional Bandwagon Condemning Sam Adams

January 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments · politics, sustainability

I just read another denunciation of Portland mayor Sam Adams, this one by Timothy Egan in the New York Times. Mr. Egan is outraged that Adams lied about his affair with an 18 year old in 2005. Lots of people are riding that bandwagon with him. I’m on a hill with a different perspective. What [...]

Inaugural Elation: There’s A ‘We’ Here

January 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments · sustainability

My coworkers and I crammed into our boss David’s office yesterday morning on his invitation (he’s the one with a television) to watch Obama’s inauguration. Rick Warren’s prayer, Aretha Franklin’s rendition of “America”, the taking of oaths and our new President’s speech all held us rapt and riveted. Early on, David, who has three grown [...]

Bipartisan Call For Justice

December 18th, 2008 · No Comments · politics

This is the first time I’ve done a second post on a given day, but the occasion warrants it. A bipartisan report from the Senate Armed Services Committee has made a strong case for bringing criminal charges against Administration officials for their decisions that led to the U.S. torture of prisoners, including at Abu Ghraib. [...]

Cartwheels Of Joy

November 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment · sustainability

In all my life I’ve never seen such open exuberance on the faces of middle-aged adults as I saw last night at Richard’s election party after Barack Obama was declared the next President of the United States. Of course, mine was one of those faces, and so was my husband Thor’s. Richard’s daughter Kate, 15, [...]

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Election Day: Mail-In Ballots Rock

November 4th, 2008 · No Comments · energy, health & well being

Exactly four years ago on the first Tuesday in November I was on the #15 bus here on Belmont in Southeast Portland — going nowhere. Traffic was standing still. And we never have traffic jams on SE Belmont. I was late to my breakfast meeting at Zells Cafe, but at least my bus driver was [...]

Cleaner, Greener Lives in Oregon

October 28th, 2008 · No Comments · energy, politics, transportation

Governor Kulongoski of Oregon, my home state, has stated a vision of combating global warming with both a state economy and general Oregon lifestyle that is cleaner and greener than the rest of the nation. “Climate change is the most important environmental and economic issue of our time,” Governor Kulongoski said (the added emphasis is [...]

The Critical Vote

October 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · sustainability

Research shows that the body politic is not just a phrase: our physiological wiring can influence how we vote. People who support heavy military spending, wiretapping etc. are more likely to startle easily at loud noises and threatening images. The wiring of our bodies affects our desire for protection, and therefore our politics. Now, I [...]

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