Monthly Archives: April 2016
Republican Climate Change Denial is Blinding Our Ability to Observe the Arctic
Originally posted on robertscribbler:
Denial. It’s all-too-often what happens to the powerful when they are confronted with the consequences of their own bad actions. It can best be said that denial is blindness — the willful inability to open one’s eyes to the tough reality of the world. In literature, we can see denial in…
Consensus on AGW 99.99%
This is a chart just released by Dr. James Lawrence Powell, a retired professor with the appropriate credentials who (during his long productive career) sat on a number of important government boards on science. I had written about him after he consented to be on my late radio show a couple years ago (full details and […]
Ithaca Fringe Festival takes the stage in third year
A lovely column about the Festival that just happens to include an interview with me. Enjoy.
A Pox on the NY Democratic Party
New York’s Democratic Party (and the New York GOP) are both living in the past. This is NOT sour grapes (okay, it’s slightly overripe grapes). I’m stating this in response to yesterday’s Presidential primary in NY State, which saw Hillary Clinton snag 58% of the vote over Bernie Sanders. But that number, though indicative […]
Back from the Fringe–Post play poop
I’m back from a week in Ithaca, NY, a city with so many free-thinkers it has multiple slogans. “Ithaca is Gorge-ous” is the fallback, but many others have taken off (“Ithaca is Amusing” was on one wall, and “Ithaca is cold” is featured on sweatshirts and hoodies). One that I didn’t see on clothing but […]
Brian Kenny strikes again
Ahh, life in NY. I have my own horror stories about banking but Brian Kenny sums up what it’s like to deal with the day-to-day problems of the city: I’ve been getting promotional letters from my local bank “inviting” me to “stop by any time at my local 5th Avenue branch” to talk to their […]
Planet Hospice at United Solo NYC!!(update)
Planet Hospice (a lighthearted exploration of the sixth stage of grief, gallows humor), a new one-person show about global warming and the threat of human extinction, will be presented at the United Solo Festival on November 6 at 2 PM. The venue: UNITED SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL at Theatre Row 410 West 42nd Street New York, NY 10036 […]
The ice is almost gone
This is bad. NASA puts up a daily overlay map of the Arctic, including parts of Iceland, Greenland, and Scandinavia. The land masses are outlined, while the weather around said land masses is visible. The above (one of said maps) was put up yesterday. If you have never seen the pictures before (they’re here), you’ll have trouble seeing […]
NYC can’t get sh*t done
The years have flown past for me since I moved to the city back in the 80’s. I consider myself to have the soul of a poet, the heart of a lion and the eloquence of Shakespeare; alas, lately I have the prostate of a Golf Digest subscriber. As I’ve written before, the breaking of the city’s transit […]
The Brooklyn Culture Jam 