Thursday, July 19, 2012

Long, in-depth piece by Thomas Edsall in the New York Times: The Hollowing Out (NYT):
It has become a campaign ritual. Immediately after the release of unemployment figures on the first Friday of every month, Democratic and Republican spin shifts into high gear.

“Our mission is not just to get back to where we were before the ( Read more... )

Sunday May 20th, 2012

I've said several times on this blog that our leaders are aware of Peak Oil and it's implications, and that they dare not acknowledge it for the effect it would have on the general public. I came to this conclusion based on on several reasons. 1.) The embracing of austerity seems to be a tacit acknowledgement that future growth ( Read more... )

The most important decision Californian voters might ever make: Yes or no on the state's global warming law

By Andrew Leonard


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• By Herman K Trabish, greentechmedia.com 
• August 15, 2010  | 
• 10:30 am  | 
• Categories: Green Tech Biz
  

As the U.S. wind industry’s installed capacity went from 6.7 megawatts to 35,000 megawatts between 2004 and 2009, ( Read more... )

The City that Ended Hunger
“To search for solutions to hunger means to act within the principle that the status of a citizen surpasses that of a mere consumer.” CITY OF BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL

by Frances Moore Lappé
posted Feb 13, 2009

In writing Diet for a Small Planet, I learned one simple truth: Hunger is not caused by a scarcity of food but a ( Read more... )

Crossposted to darksumomo

Michigan News

Detroit Free Press: Exodus fueled by job losses bedevils Michigan
BY RON DZWONKOWSKI
FREE PRESS COLUMNIST

I expect the 2010 census will show just how severely Michigan is in the grip of "demonics."

That's my word for when your demographics are affected by your economics, or when money and jobs start figuring in people ( Read more... )

Crossposted to darksumomo

First, a word from His Honor, The Mayor.

Detroit Free Press: The delusions that Detroiters can no longer afford to indulge
BY DAVE BING

It is both amazing and unfortunate that many fail or refuse to understand a reality that is staring us all in the face. We are in a modern day recession. The lines at resource and assistance ( Read more... )

Crossposted to darksumomo.

As promised in my previous post, here is this week's Sunday Night News from Detroit. In this issue, "green shoots" (in more ways than one), the state budget crisis, re-tooling the auto industry, the Census, death in Detroit, and the Wayne State University Marching Band. No, really.

Michigan News

Free Press: Many experts say ( Read more... )

Mon May 25, 2009 8:53am EDT ( Read more... )

(I know it is difficult to feel optimistic about the future when pessimism abounds. That is one reason I like to post some hopeful things every now and then pointing to a possible future of economic prosperity ( Read more... )