National Politics
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Observations of Climate Change in Kolkata
Read More →: Observations of Climate Change in KolkataThis is a guest post from Pabitra Mukhopadhyay, who is a hydrological engineer in Calcutta. It was originally written in Bengali, and a rough translation is below. ” · আজ থেকে দশ…
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A Road Trip in an EV
Read More →: A Road Trip in an EVThis is a guest post written by Darrel Hart of Wichita, Kansas. Many people have expressed fears about the range of Electric Vehicles or about finding charging stations. This article…
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Please Stop Stereotyping Republicans
Read More →: Please Stop Stereotyping RepublicansThere are a lot of articles and posts on social media lately which blame Republicans for a variety of ills in our society. The people responsible for those ills are…
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Sustainability Comes to Wichita
Read More →: Sustainability Comes to WichitaThe Wichita City Council voted on June 15, 2021, to form a Sustainability Board. This was due to the work of several environmental groups, especially SOAR, who had that as…
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Mank: A Warning about Fake News
Read More →: Mank: A Warning about Fake NewsThe movie, Mank, explores the fake news used to defeat Upton Sinclair when he ran for governor of California.
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The Mythical Magic Hydrogen Economy
Read More →: The Mythical Magic Hydrogen EconomyThere’s a little bit of truth to every myth, and the hydrogen economy is no different. Hydrogen fuel cells would be wonderful for the environment. They combine hydrogen with oxygen…
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Thermodynamics: A Tour through the Three Laws
Read More →: Thermodynamics: A Tour through the Three LawsI’m not sure how they got to be laws, but they do appear inviolable in most instances. The First Law: “Energy is conserved, i.e., it can be neither created nor…
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Global Warming: The Rise of Methane
Read More →: Global Warming: The Rise of MethaneNew Greenhouse gases play a huge role in keeping the surface of the Earth warm. Without the greenhouse effect, the temperature of the Earth would average about -18°C, and all…
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Global Warming and the Jet Stream
Read More →: Global Warming and the Jet StreamThe Arctic is much warmer now than it was 30 years ago. They even had 100° days in Siberia last summer. The warming Arctic has caused changes in the jet…
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Apparatuses of Justification
Read More →: Apparatuses of JustificationIn his internationally renowned work, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty says that extreme economic inequality can only be sustained by “apparatuses of justification.” He states, “ The existence of such “apparatuses”…
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The Problem with Addressing Induced Earthquakes
Read More →: The Problem with Addressing Induced EarthquakesMany people believe that man’s activities are so inconsequential that they could not possibly induce earthquakes. However, there have been cases as far back as the 1960s where the only…
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Earthquakes in Wichita?
Read More →: Earthquakes in Wichita?Earthquakes in the Wichita area are very rare. However, beginning in November 2020, a cluster of earthquakes occurred with the epicenters under Northeast Wichita. There were 21 earthquakes with a magnitude above…
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Eisenhower’s Republican Platform
Read More →: Eisenhower’s Republican PlatformThe National Republican Party did not adopt a new platform this year, so I thought I’d provide one from Eisenhower in 1956. The platform is rather long, but this is…
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Think Tanks: Why Kansas Has Bad Laws
Read More →: Think Tanks: Why Kansas Has Bad LawsThink tanks are a body of experts assembled to provide ideas and advice on specific political or economic problems. The think tanks in the illustration have much in common. They…
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E. Calvin Beisner: Will a Carbon Tax Hurt the Poor?
Read More →: E. Calvin Beisner: Will a Carbon Tax Hurt the Poor?In a recent article from the Cornwall Alliance, E. Calvin Beisner claims that a carbon tax will hurt the poor. Helping the poor is a common theme in his writings,…
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Yet more about COVID – 19
Read More →: Yet more about COVID – 19Coronavirus is the type of virus that causes common colds, but it can also cause more serious diseases such as SARS, MERS, or COVID – 19. The virus is only…
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Early Childhood Education
Read More →: Early Childhood EducationAlthough this article is about early childhood education in Kansas, many other states are adding early education to their curriculum. Different states and individual school districts may vary greatly in…
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Winners of the 2017 Environmental Hall of Fame/Shame Awards
Read More →: Winners of the 2017 Environmental Hall of Fame/Shame AwardsHere are the 2017 Hall of Fame/ Hall of Shame winners.
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The Registration Fee Increase on Electric Vehicles
Read More →: The Registration Fee Increase on Electric VehiclesThough this is written from a Kansas perspective, it may be similar to an attempt by other states to impose additional fees and taxes on hybrid and electric vehicles (EVs).…
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