Tag Archives: climate change

The Stakes

Posted on October 27, 2020 by hbreck

Yesterday, Republican senators rammed through the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Barrett is a grossly unqualified ideologue, and is all but certain to be the deciding vote on a number of cases which will greatly restrict … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Economics, environment, Governance, Healthcare, Media, Politics, Rant, Social Justice | Tagged Amy Coney Barrett, authoritarianism, civil liberties, civil rights, climate change, coronavirus, COVID-19, democracy, Democratic Party, Democrats, Donald Trump, hypocrisy, Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell, pandemic, progress, refugees, representative democracy, Republican, Republican Party, republicans, Senate, Supreme Court, United States, Voting, voting rights | 1 Comment

A Skewed Endorsement

Posted on February 3, 2020 by hbreck

Shortly after the 2016 election, I put together a list of possible Democratic contenders for the 2020 election. Obviously, it was still quite premature at that point to speculate on who would challenge Donald Trump when he hadn’t even yet … Continue reading →

Posted in Budgets, Civil Rights, Economics, environment, foreign policy, Governance, Healthcare, History, immigration, Infrastructure, Law Enforcement, Media, Politics, Rant, Social Justice | Tagged 2020 Presidential Election, Al Gore, Amy Klobuchar, Andrew Yang, Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Beto O'Rourke, Bill Bradley, Bill de Blasio, climate change, Cory Booker, democracy, Democrats, Donald Trump, donations, elections, Elizabeth Warren, endorsement, environment, Eric Swalwell, Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, Jay Inslee, Joe Biden, Joe Sestak, John Delaney, John Hickenlooper, John Kerry, Julian Castro, Kamala Harris, Kirsten Gillibrand, Marianne Williamson, Michael Bennet, Mike Gravel, news, nuclear power, Pete Buttigieg, policy, politics, polls, President, Presidential Debate, Seth Moulton, Steve Bullock, Supreme Court, Tim Ryan, Tom Steyer, Tulsi Gabbard, Wayne Messam | 1 Comment

A Middle Finger to Our Grandchildren

Posted on June 10, 2017 by hbreck

Well, this is what happens when we hire an amateur. Against the advice of his most reasonable advisors, against the knowledge provided by the world’s best scientists, against the requests by a multitude of corporate leaders, against the pleas of … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, environment, foreign policy, Governance, Politics | Tagged climate change, dishonesty, Donald Trump, economics, environment, foreign policy, global warming, lies, Paris Climate Agreement, science, science denial, treaties | Leave a comment

One down, 207 to go…

Posted on January 28, 2017 by hbreck

Donald Trump has been President of the United States for one week now. Just typing that feels strange. Like a different reality. I’ve been re-watching episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine lately, and I’ve recently gotten to one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Budgets, Civil Rights, Economics, Elected yet unelectable, foreign policy, Governance, Healthcare, immigration, Infrastructure, Politics, Science, Social Justice | Tagged abortion, bigotry, Christianity, climate change, culture, democracy, Democratic Party, Democrats, dishonesty, domestic policy, Donald Trump, environment, facts, fear, Feminism, foreign policy, GOP, government, ignorance, Islam, Kellyanne Conway, misogyny, news, oppression, propaganda, race relations, racism, refugees, religion, religious extremism, religious liberty, Republican, Republican Party, republicans, science denial, Sean Spicer, sexism, Standing Rock, Steve Bannon, systemic oppression, walls, Women, women's rights | Leave a comment

Yes, climate change is real

Posted on January 19, 2017 by hbreck

Myths and Misconceptions – Part 1 I recently wrote about the perils of politicizing science. It’s legitimately harmful for accepted scientific principles to be treated as hoaxes due to political, religious, or business reasons. In a world increasingly dependent on … Continue reading →

Posted in Myths and misconceptions, Politics, Science | Tagged climate, climate change, environment, facts, future, global warming, humanity, manufactured crisis, science, science denial | 3 Comments

Raiding the henhouse

Posted on January 18, 2017 by hbreck

Two years ago, I discussed the appointment of various climate change deniers to posts as heads of Senate committees in charge of science-based institutions. Those institutions are tasked with addressing (among other things) climate change. That was a perfect example of … Continue reading →

Posted in foreign policy, Governance, Healthcare, Politics | Tagged anti-government, Ben Carson, Betsy DeVos, cabinet posts, climate change, dishonesty, Donald Trump, Federal government, governance, governing, government, hypocrisy, Jeff Sessions, politics, racism, Rex Tillerson, Rick Perry, science denial, Scott Pruitt | 3 Comments

Politicizing Science

Posted on January 5, 2017 by hbreck

Now that science denial is coming back into (political) fashion, and indeed, an entire government is going to be built on lies and bad information, I feel like it’s now my duty to combat incorrect information as much as I … Continue reading →

Posted in Governance, Myths and misconceptions, Politics, Science, Technology | Tagged age of the earth, anti-government, biology, climate change, conflict of interest, Congress, corruption, deep time, dishonesty, Donald Trump, environment, evidence, evolution, extremism, facts, funding, global warming, GMOs, partisan politics, polarization, political extremism, politics, progress, proof, religion, religious extremism, research, research and development, science, science denial, stem cells, technology, theories | 1 Comment

Unlocking the Asylum – Round One

Posted on August 10, 2015 by hbreck

Thoughts on the first Republican debate for Election 2016 This past Thursday, the seventeen candidates for the Republican presidential nomination met for a debate. Well, more accurately, FOX News deemed 17 candidates to be too unwieldy, and using a small … Continue reading →

Posted in Elected yet unelectable, Governance, Media, Politics | Tagged 2016 Presidential Election, awful people, Ben Carson, Bobby Jindal, Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie, Christianity, civil rights, climate change, Congress, Constitution, controversy, corruption, culture, Donald Trump, Elected yet unelectable, GOP, Jeb Bush, John Kasich, Marco Rubio, Mike Huckabee, politics, Presidential Debate, Rand Paul, Republican, republicans, Rick Santorum, Scott Walker, Ted Cruz | Leave a comment

What’s at Stake in the 2016 Presidential Race

Posted on August 5, 2015 by hbreck

I just have a quick one for today. I’m going to dwell much further on this topic in upcoming months, but for now I will just start with this brief note. Three governmental bodies, the EPA, NOAA, and NASA, are … Continue reading →

Posted in Elected yet unelectable, Governance, Politics, Quick post, Science | Tagged 2016 Presidential Race, climate change, corruption, environment, EPA, global warming, GOP, government, James Inhofe, Marco Rubio, NASA, science denial, Ted Cruz | Leave a comment

Foxes Guarding the Henhouse: Science Denial and Congress

Posted on January 20, 2015 by hbreck

The 2014 midterm elections brought about much change in the United States Congress. The Republican party gained seats in both the House and the Senate, bolstering an already wide majority in the House, while claiming a new majority in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Governance, Politics, Science | Tagged awful people, bad policy, climate change, Congress, environment, EPA, global warming, government, greed, ignorance, NASA, NOAA, Republican, republicans, science | 4 Comments

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Tag Archives: climate change

A Middle Finger to Our Grandchildren

Yes, climate change is real

Raiding the henhouse

Politicizing Science

Unlocking the Asylum – Round One

What’s at Stake in the 2016 Presidential Race

Foxes Guarding the Henhouse: Science Denial and Congress

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