Kirby Mountain

It's not religion versus science, or faith versus reason, or hope versus despair, or order versus chaos. We walk along a knife's edg...

'[An holistic perspective, says Dartmouth College sustainability director James Merkel,] would correct a common misconception that heati...

Paul Theroux ends an excellent essay (click the title of this post) about Republican cruelty (cynically and perversely called "pro-life...

Edgar Gärtner of Germany writes: ... Wind turbines generate electricity very irregularly, because the wind itself is inconsistent. Therefore...

1. They do not do what they claim, i.e., reduce the use of thermal fuels or their emissions. 2. They have significant negative impacts -- on...

Particularly, the calendar scenes in the background.

Since Sarah Palin introduced herself to the nation and the world Wednesday night (by reading a speech written by Matthew Scully) (Thursday m...