I drove past a Tea Party protest in downtown Fort Lauderdale just a few weeks prior to the passing of Obama’s health care reform bill. If I had more time, I would have stopped, crossed the picket line and engaged in a dialogue with the protesters. It’s really important to find common ground, to listen, [...]
On January 15 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new limits to curb sewage and fertilizer pollution in Florida. These new limits represent a historic first step toward cleaning up Florida’s waters. All you have to do is look at the green slime covering lakes, rivers, and shorelines during our warm months to know [...]
There are those amongst us walking quietly through the shadows having checked of the box marked “independent” on their voter registration card. When the big name parties are hurling accusations at each other they smile all smug thinking they are free from association of the right wing zealots and the left wing lunatics. Yet their [...]
Obama campaigned on the promise of change. As the health care bill has now blown it’s August and December deadlines the media is decrying the expected failure of the public option, criticizing the healthcare mandate, and claiming that the Commander in Chief has broken his promise…but is the condemnation premature? The Obama administration did not [...]
The blogosphere has erupted into yet another debate on global warming science since controversial emails belonging to the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, UK were purportedly exposed by an unidentified hacker. The emails are said to charge British climate researchers of covering up of the “real science” which indicates that global [...]
Thanksgiving is just days away, and that means lots of food, holiday traditions, and conversations with family members you haven’t seen in awhile. It’s a special time of the year. It’s also a time when we tend to butt heads with some of our extended family — you know, the ones who think we’re crazy [...]
Now that both the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) have proposed tough new mileage standards for American automobiles, it is up to us to ensure it is taken seriously in Washington. The vehicles sold under these standards will carry out President Obama’s historic announcement and save 1.8 billion barrels [...]
Bill McKibben, 350.org - Earlier this week Barack Obama and the leaders of some other large nations announced that they weren’t going to reach any kind of legally binding climate agreement in Copenhagen–declaring that they need more time, despite the five years of preparation they’ve already had. That’s sad and dangerous – the planet is running [...]
