Published

2 years ago

April 9, 2024

Alice Rush

A reader notes:

Trump is responsible for a ‘bloody insurrection’ (per John Boehner). The Republican former Speaker of the House blames Trump and his lies about election fraud for the January 6th riot at the Capitol, writing that the former President “incited that bloody insurrection for nothing more than selfish reasons, perpetuated by the bulls*** he’d been shoveling since he lost a fair election the previous November.”

Well these are the allegations, and there seems to be an inordinate amount of evidence in support of them.

If any other American had done anything remotely like this, he’d have been in prison within days of when the proof came to light. Yet it remains in question if Trump will ever spend a minute of his life behind bars.

This doesn’t happen in countries in which the rule of law is meaningful.

The Banana Republic That Is the United States

Renewable Energy

We’re Running Out of Time

Published

6 hours ago

March 20, 2026

Alice Rush

There really are threats to human civilization that seem to be mounting in intensity:

• World fascism. (If it can happen in the U.S., it could conceivably happen anywhere.)

• Environmental collapse.

• Malicious use of AI.

• Pandemics, as misinformation on vaccinations spread and the frozen tundra melts, releasing pathogens never seen by humans.

• Nuclear war.

Addressing the point made at left, is there any scenario in which world governments agree to cooperate so as to stave off the end of an organized society here on Earth? One supposes so, though it sounds far-fetched in today’s world in which the leaders of most of the 200+ sovereign nations are trying so desperately to cling to power.

We’re Running Out of Time

Renewable Energy

When Trump Will Leave

Published

9 hours ago

March 20, 2026

Alice Rush

Obviously, James Carville has been wrong before, but it appears that he’s onto something here.

An ever-increasing number of Americans are realizing that Trump is criminally insane, and is leading this nation to destruction.

When Trump Will Leave

Renewable Energy

The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation

Published

13 hours ago

March 20, 2026

Alice Rush

It’s a pleasure to see that Dr. Brian Cox has people so popular, having joined the ranks for Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye, and a few others. This phenomenon of celebrity physicists if one of very few bright spots in our modern world.

I would qualify what he says at left as follows: the only people who hate the economics here are those invested in fossil fuels. Clean energy and transportation are already huge industries, and they’re growing at an amazing pace–even in the face of heavy suppression by Big Oil and Donald Trump.