Living on the Real World
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
A new dimension to “science policy.”
Whenever the subject of science policy comes up, people are quick to tell you that there are two aspects to...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Crucial conversations.
When my wife and I got together the other night after separate travels, she asked me if I’d ever heard...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The fog of war…and the Hurricane Sandy forecasts and emergency response.
Wikipedia tells us that the fog of war is the uncertainty in situational awareness experienced by participants in military operations....
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
An inconvenient truth: an $80B Hurricane Sandy supplemental budget request teeters on the fiscal cliff
State-level requests for federal funding to cover disaster relief for hurricane Sandy are starting to come in. The New Jersey...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The search for ice in the solar system…and an ultimate irony
Friday morning’s Washington Post contained a few items that make an interesting juxtaposition. The first was a brief squib on...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Top 5 Weather & Climate Challenges Facing White House
Andrew Freedman has an interesting post on this subject on his blog at Climate Central. He tees up the subject...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Thanks(giving)
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; His love endures forever. – Psalm 107:1 NIV Give thanks in...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
And speaking of the NTSB, did you see the news?
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy (and even before), we’ve been posting about the need for an entity similar to...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Hurricane Sandy: prompting a Rethink of Life’s purpose
“Life does more than adapt to the Earth. It changes the Earth to its own purposes.” – James Lovelock “Reasonable...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
A New Manhattan Project?
Bill Keller, a former executive editor of The New York Times, has an op-ed column in this morning’s edition with...
