The less-than-majority showing by the Conservatives make it likely that any power they do achieve will come through an alliance with the least Red Tory party of them all.
May 2010
“Solving for Pattern” means making connections between seemingly separate crises – such as those taking place in Greece and the Gulf of Mexico, ones that are both born of our collective incapacity to live within our means.
Chances are that unless you’re a total financial wonk, you’ve never heard the term “seigniorage.” But you should, because doing the right thing with it could help solve several major, interrelated problems.
The technological fun house that is the modern home makes the great outdoors pale by comparison, if, that is, the expectation is immediate and constant bursts of electronic stimulation.
Some scientific arguments on energy use are based on data that do not take enough factors into account
Whatever the results of the British election, the Red Tory ideal remains promising…and yet, absent a robust civic religion, also probably wanting.
Social democratic states can demonstrate frugality and responsibility, too.
Each year at about this I’m a little nervous the stunt will fail. I always wonder whether this will be the year the big green thing doesn’t happen.
““It is the single largest threat to production agriculture that we have ever seen,” said Andrew Wargo III, the president of the Arkansas Association of Conservation Districts.”
Farmers Cope With Roundup-Resistant Weeds.
H/T to Grace Potts.…
If there truly is a difference between how red states and blue states see the family, maybe it starts with how the economy and technology have changed how kids grow up.
We should have been courageous, he said; we will have to face the consequences of our lack of courage, he said.
The most recent issue of The American Conservative will be of interest to folks on the Porch.
Mr. Wendell Berry of Kentucky will be in the Greater D.C. area this week, appearing at the Arlington Central Library Auditorium on Tuesday, May 4 at 7 p.m. Come early!
The explosive growth in wilderness-designated land is one of the few modern desert Southwest trends of which I heartily approve. In 1975, Arizona had several hundred thousand acres of designated wilderness; now there are something like 4.8 million acres in 92 units. Fedeally managed or not, I approve. And I cite Edward Abbey as my authority.
We shouldn’t complain about socialists and charlatans in power if we’re not willing to fund alternatives. We shouldn’t bemoan the power of big money if we’re not willing to utilize the power of small money.
