My objective for the class is get you to look at issues like global warming critically, not just as a knee-jerk conservative or liberal response to the politics. That pretty much all the scientists who are expert in the that…
Daily Archives: November 9, 2010
Segment of Transcript: NBC Bush Interview–Katrina
by mhill11 • • 1 Comment
Some earlier posts on this blog mentioned George W. Bush’s response during Katrina. I watched an interview on NBC tonight with Matt Lauer where he went one-on-one with the former President. I found the Katrina part of the interview very interesting…
Speak of the Devil
by treehuggress • • 4 Comments
Check out what I had in my inbox today: November 8, 2010 Dear friend, We heard you New Orleans. Last week our Administration began to enact an aggressive crackdown on blight in New Orleans. Blight threatens our safety, the value…
Whose Job is Flood Protection; unreasonable reliance on the feds
by dshep1 • • 13 Comments
Flood protection is often presumed to be both a public good and a federal responsibility. Unfortunately, the true costs of publicly funded relief efforts are often disguised. Moreover, reliance on government protection can create false impressions that individual risks have been minimized,…