Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The Sendai tsunami reminds us: Think globally. Act locally.
Events unfolding in and around Sendai – indeed, across the whole of Japan – are tragic beyond describing. More than...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Advise-and-consent? It’s working.
The scene yesterday? A Senate confirmation hearing for a panel of presidential appointees. The hopefuls numbered four all together, but...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Colloquy is better than soliloquy – the infomercial!
Back on October 12, in an effort to encourage comments on these posts, and even guest posts, I suggested that...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The next ambassador to China…and the next Secretary of Commerce
The past few days have provided a rare instance where the Department of Commerce comes under the media spotlight. One...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
First-followers!
This morning I heard from my daughter. A word from her always lifts the day out of the ordinary! Sometimes...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Sparkling conversation!
February 28th’s post suggested that Earth scientists in general, and climate scientists in particular, might change the direction of the...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
More on climate change? Please! I’d rather have a root canal.
When I lived in Boulder, I had a great dentist, and my dentist had a great poster. It was taped...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Happy talk, keep talking happy talk…
Ever see Rogers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific? Then maybe you remember the Polynesian matron Bloody Mary singing these words of...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Let’s change the topic of conversation!
Scientists and politicians have a lot in common. They also – and this may not be so generally appreciated –...
Hot Off the Presses
Today marks the release of a new AMS publication, Economic and Societal Impacts of Tornadoes. The book examines data on...
