Category Archives: Civilization

Shadrack McGill Wants an Old Testament Civilization

This video needs to go viral. It’s of Alabama’s own State Senator Shadrack McGill (the guy who said God wants teacher pay cuts) declaring that education, taxes, and budgets are less important than “morality,” by which he means abortion. When … Continue reading

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Climate Change Propelling Conflict in Syria

I can’t stand another delusional paranoid blog post raving about the PNAC agenda in Syria. As much as lefties have talked about climate change and the coming age of climate wars, it’s shocking how many of them don’t seem to … Continue reading

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Morning Awful: Boehner’s Transit Funding Plan

Kill this bill! John Boehner is trying to cut transit from the highway bill and use the funding hole as a lever to increase drilling activity and approve the Keystone XL pipeline. He’s really bad at his job, though, so … Continue reading

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Saudi Oil Minister Still Denying Peak Oil

The Saudi Arabian Minister of Oil and Natural Resources, Ali al-Naimi, gave a speech Tuesday (.PDF) that apparently turned decades of climate denial on their head: Greenhouse gas emissions and global warming are among humanity’s most pressing concerns. Societal expectations on … Continue reading

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Stop the Car Mandate

Piscataquis Village, pictured, is a private development venture that will let residents own and use cars — but live and even work without them if they choose. The streets are narrow, like ancient cities in the Old World. Of course, … Continue reading

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The Tribal Mind

Gwynne Dyer’s excellent 1994 documentary series The Human Race: A Species at the Crossroads continues.

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FOX Noise Dim Bulbs

Via Media Matters, Murdochian light bulb hype deconstructed. Conservative culture is in deep capture to consumption as religion, actively negating efficiency and sustainability. The current running through this Bachmannite obsession is powered by denial of change: the world is not … Continue reading

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Gods of our Fathers

Gwynne Dyer’s excellent 1994 documentary series The Human Race: A Species at the Crossroads continues.

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Escaping From History

Gwynne Dyer’s excellent 1994 documentary series The Human Race: A Species at the Crossroads continues.

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Externalities

Congestion pricing is coming to a city near you, and it’s not socialism or environmentalism but the free market responding to heavier traffic. Congestion pricing is an example of an externality being put into the cost of the activity. When … Continue reading

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The Bomb Under the World

Gwynne Dyer’s surprising documentary on patriarchy, militarism, and feminism starts this excellent 1994 documentary series, The Human Race: A Species at the Crossroads.

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