GEORGE CASSIDY PAYNE – George Payne explains and exposes the “limits of power” for every political leader, using Donald Trump as the example of one who does not understand what limits his power. Every presidency eventually encounters forces beyond politics. There comes a point when personality collides with reality—and reality cannot be negotiated, litigated or rebranded. Three realities illustrate that truth: science, the rule of law, and geopolitics.
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This new tool can help movements chart a path to victory
JOE WORTHY – Strategic blunders and tactical approaches that fail to chart a path to victory can lead to public disillusionment and disengagement. This may prompt people to seek less effective means of resistance. As those who understand that strategic nonviolence is, both statistically and morally, the most effective means of resistance, we must take responsibility and exercise great care in its implementation. Perhaps this tool can help us achieve that.
World Headed for Irreversible Climate Change in Five Years, IEA Warns
FIONA HARVEY – If fossil fuel infrastructure is not rapidly changed, the world will ‘lose for ever’ the chance to avoid dangerous climate change.
How Gas Cars Use More Electricity Than Electric Ones
SEBASTIAN BLANCO – EVangelist Peder Norby, who has been having more fun driving and writing about his Mini E than anyone at BMW probably thought possible, recently wrote a most interesting post comparing electricity usage to produce gasoline to the electricity needed to drive an electric car. The short version: “It takes more electricity to drive the average gasoline car 100 miles, than it does to drive an electric car 100 miles.”
An Open Letter to Graduates
DAVID KRIEGER – What does it mean to be human? Why are we here on Earth? What are the greatest goals one can pursue in life? What are the keys to a happy and fulfilled life? If you didn’t, it’s not too late.