I was only half joking recently when I suggested in a Facebook comment that Johann Sebastian Bach, if he were alive today, would probably be playing with the New Orleans street jazz band, Tuba Skinny. I think he’d have loved the washboard. For the last couple of weeks, I have been obsessed not just…
January 14, 2020 Community Environmental Advocates, Press Release A Canadian company, Rise Gold Corporation, aka Rise Grass Valley, has filed an application for a permit to reopen the Idaho Maryland mine. These are some key points from the initial application: The operation will remove 1000 tons of ore and 500 tons of non-gold bearing…
“The public utility is a much better option because you’re not having to worry about maximizing shareholder returns and you will make the safety investments that are necessary.” by Jake Johnson, staff writer Rep. Ro Khanna in an interview Friday voiced his support for public ownership of PG&E, the largest private utility company in…
By Don Pelton I bought a Kindle book today without browsing it first, assuming that it was a collection of essays, like all of John Brockman‘s previous books. It’s actually a book of questions, one question per page, several hundred of them, by deep thinkers. The Last Unknowns: Deep, Elegant, Profound Unanswered Questions About…
By Tom Engelhardt Reprinted from TomDispatch.com As I turn 75, there’s no simpler way to put it than this: I’m an old man on a new planet — and, in case it isn’t instantly obvious, that’s not good news on either score. I still have a memory of being a camp counselor in upstate New…