…Why Americans Deny Climate Change, Embrace Creationism, Believe in Ghosts and Other Preposterous Ideas By Dr. Joseph Chuman, Leader of The Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County I find it one of the most astounding and disturbing facts about Americans. It is also more than a little frightening. And that is, why so many Americans […]
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True Wealth
Author: Juliet Schor (2011, Penguin Group; titled Plenitude in hardcover, which was published by the Center for a New American Dream in 2010) Reviewed by Theresa Forsman Change or die. It’s one of the laws of evolution that got the human species where it is today and one that will determine our future, including how […]
Global Weirdness: Severe Storms, Deadly Heat Waves, Relentless Drought, Rising Seas, and the Weather of the Future
Author: Climate Central (2012, Pantheon Books, a division of Random House) Reviewed by Theresa Forsman Ideally, science and journalism are non-partisan. Ideally, discussions about global warming are also non-partisan. That makes Global Weirdness an ideal book for those who want to understand the accumulated knowledge about climate change and the risks it poses. […]
