Former President Barack Obama liked to quote the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s line that "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." Of course, what was an expression of optimism for the moral reformer King was more in the nature of a victory spike of the football for ...
George Bernard Shaw’s quote, used by Robert F. Kennedy in his 1968 campaign, challenges us to dream. The full quote is: “Some men see things as they are and ask why, I dream things that never were and ask why not.” However, our instant focused society is moving so fast we don’t take ...
If there is one thing I’ve learned in the past 12 months, it’s that as a general population, we love electricity. On Christmas Eve, December 1940, my family homestead farmhouse experienced the glow of artificial light for the first time. My Great-Uncle John wrote me a Christmas greeting ...
It's unclear if they taught this in those high school government courses that everybody slept through. But if somebody asked you what was the most important element in the legislative process, could you fake an answer to get a passing grade? The list of potential answers is far ...
Love him or hate him in the world of energy: the Rule-of-Law, international free trade, the strength of the United States Constitution, and having friends and allies and trading partners have no meaning. Under the direction of President Donald J Trump, The United States of America has become ...
I’m not alone in experiencing an array of emotions in response to the damage from the latest ice storm. Sadly, it is a foreseeable result of decisions being made by corporate interests every minute of every day. So is the plethora of climate-related disasters that are becoming commonplace ...