The true loss of Paris
A friend of mine recently asked, “Will there be any tangible impact to the US pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement, or is it more of a crummy political gesture without a lot of actual affect?” I...
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“Re-coupling science and policy”— an elaboration
Hello fellow humans! I hope you are well. My friend, colleague, and co-author Dr. Alexander Lee and I wrote a short opinion piece, “Re-coupling science and policy”, for the Daily Camera–a local Boulder...
View ArticleThe age of reason is dead
Fake news, merchants of doubt, alternative facts, silenced scientists, and the con-mander-in-chief. The end of the age of reason is upon us. It’s been dying. But it’s finally dead. And so we eulogize:...
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Debunk the delusion! Ecologize the economy!
In the wake of last week’s UN General Assembly, the world seems an unscrupulous chaos. The fight against ISIL continues to escalate as the international coalition officially adds Russia (and...
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Creatures of habit
It’s been a while! Seven months. But spontaneous hiatus can be good. Gives time to explore the wilderness, refocus on what’s important. Here are some shots! Monarch Mtn Great Sand Dunes GSD GSD...
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On identity, relativism, socio-legal equality, teleology, and religion in...
A couple weeks ago, my fraternity brother and friend, Blake Rustmann authored a blog titled “On Marriage” articulating his disapproval of non-heterosexuality, dissatisfaction with the state of marriage...
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On non-heterosexuality, religious absurdity, heteronormativity, human...
A friend of mine—in reaction to Oklahoma Federal Judge Kern’s overturning a ban on non-heterosexual marriage—recently authored a blog outlining his condemnation of homosexuality and disapproval of the...
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Antarctic loss and damage
November 11th marked the beginning of the annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)—this year held in Warsaw. Six major components generally comprise the UNFCCC agenda, but...
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The conservative confusion
I am conservative. But I am not a Republican. Why? Because a large faction of today’s GOP is desperately confused about what being conservative really means. What does being “conservative” mean? In...
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Prime real estate!
Antarctica is melting! An iceberg the size of Chicago recently broke off of the Pine Island Glacier because of an enormous and growing crack in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. The Chicago-sized glacier...
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Wet and wild weather
Living in Boulder through this week’s historic flood was wild. And I mean that literally. Extreme weather is some of the only wilderness most urbanites are exposed to these days. There’s something...
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A greener White House
As promised by Energy Secretary Chu and White House Council on Environmental Quality Sutley in 2010, the Obama administration is joining the legacy—alongside Presidents James Carter and George W....
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Our new hydroverlords
The image below is one of four precipitation models published by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) that together forecast extreme global drought less than 50 years from now as a...
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Are we lobsters?
I am not a Constitutional law expert, but I have had a fair amount of legal education between my BA in Government and MS in Environmental Policy—and I’m sure I’ll receive more as I move through my PhD....
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The ideology and politics of fracking in an image
If you prefer visuals to text, here’s To Frack or Not to Frack condensed into a single image. Consider it an elaborate way of saying: when it comes to the risks and regulation of natural gas...
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To frack or not to frack? That is the question
After a year’s work between Texas and New York studying the science, politics, and ideology of natural gas development–I present my Master’s thesis: To Frack or Not to Frack. Here is the abstract: The...
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Congress’ assault on knowledge
Last month, half of Congress decided that political science isn’t worth NSF funding unless it advances economic development or national security. Imagine, politicians making it more difficult to study...
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Does being anti-fossil fuels mean being anti-modern?
To be adamantly anti-fossil fuels and then go home to happily relax in luxuries enabled by fossil fuels is an exercise of hypocrisy. But it is not hypocritical to be anti-fossil fuels and still be...
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Listen up utilitarians! Friedman’s “win-win-win-win-win”
Putting a tax-based price on carbon emissions would be, literally and figuratively, a bold and explicit valuation of life itself–both of biodiversity’s preservation and of its fundamental elemental...
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Sierra Leonean prodigy comes to MIT
Last night I came across this MyScienceAcademy gem featuring Kelvin Doe, a 15 year-old Sierra Leonean who is nothing short of an engineering, mechanical, and technological prodigy. For years this kid...
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