(Monday, Aug. 1, 2024. National Observatory, Washington, D.C.) nnDouglas Emhoff heard the phone before his wife did. “Honey. … Honey!” “What?” Emhoff watched his wife turn …

Can you imagine a solar device that produces electricity regardless of weather, time of day or geographical location? Neither can I, but researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden …

(Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. Mansions on Fifth Hotel, McCook Suite, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) His vision suddenly blurry, Donald Trump put his hand on the shower wall to steady himself. His fingers …

Taking my cue from Joe Manchin, I am announcing that I will not run for President in 2024. Or ever. I am announcing that I will stop praying for the Great Felonious Trump to be sent to Solitary …

Does protecting the Earth justify violence? A Jan. 21 New York Times Magazine article explores this question with Andreas Malm, a Swedish author and professor who espouses violence against property, …

Never in the history of television have we been forced to endure so many cringey moments (except for Katie Couric’s interview with Sarah Palin) than the hours Tucker spent with Vlad. …

Despite the bad news that 2023 was the warmest year on record, proving that efforts to reverse global warming aren’t working, there are some remarkable inventions and adaptations that herald …

Donald J. Trump sits on Trump Force One, about to fly to another rally and to the waiting crowds who want to touch, paw, hug, and kiss him. He asks the steward for Wet Wipes. Trump …

Ron DeSatan exited the presidential stage the way he entered—not with a bang, but with a stupid-ass blunder by unwittingly using a faux Churchill quote: “Success is not final, failure is not …

Because one man lied in Germany 90 years ago, their democracy became a dictatorship. Because one man lied in Italy 100 years ago, their democracy became a dictatorship. Because those liars …

My favorite Italian restaurant in town is owned by a family of Republicans, as is the only place in Tulsa that has decent bagels. My urologist, a friend, who’s brilliant and funny and someone who …

After a hollow climate conference in Dubai, under whose sand lies a mother lode of fossil fuels, hope is hanging by a thread to reverse our climate crisis. The United States, whose President …

“Some of my friends are still waiting around to go home. I don’t know any more than anyone else … I will echo the thanks to the first responders.” That’s my friend Michael Green, …

Elon Musk travelled to Israel on Nov. 27, 2023, to meet with Benjamin Netanyahu and tour the remains of an incinerated village. No reason given for the trip, but many felt it was an apology tour …

A climate conference set in a country whose vast wealth is entirely from oil starts with one strike against it. Add 1,300 participating fossil fuel lobbyists and that’s strike two. I’m not …

To hear Trump supporters tell it, to read their tweets and posts (and you’ll want to keep the Pepcid close by when you do), the supposed warts of Donald Trump, including his convictions, …

Suzanne Simard probably knows as much about trees as any person on Earth. The Canadian scientist and professor released her book “Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest” in …

If Donald Trump beats Joe Biden next November, it won’t be because pollsters underestimated the number of Americans who voted for Trump because they believed Jesus wanted him to win — though …

At the last minute, MSNBC was forced to substitute its AI RobbieBot for Rachel Maddow, who had been scheduled to interview the newly anointed House Speaker, Mike Johnson. Due to the ongoing tragedy …

The International Energy Agency (IEA) sees a green future in their new annual report. An Oct. 24 article in the Washington Post quoted the IEA predicting that solar panels will generate more power …