Perspectives

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Flooding in Louisiana? It’s not just Sophie’s choice.

May 14, 2011

The 1982 movie by this name may be unfamiliar to younger blog readers, but bears on events unfolding in Louisiana...

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Ramshackle Nation, ramshackle world

May 13, 2011

Ramshackle: adj., (especially of buildings) badly constructed or maintained; rickety, shaky, or derelict. You don’t see this word too much...

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Policy Buzz: Senate Hearing Follows Tornado Outbreak

May 11, 2011

by Caitlin Buzzas, AMS Policy Program On May 3, Dr. William Hooke, Director of the AMS Policy Program, testified before...

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My mistake!

May 11, 2011

Today I experienced one of those convergences we all hate. Between the time that I started my post on our...

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Who wants to live on the Real World? I’d rather live on Planet Denial

May 11, 2011

Sailors love to tell this story of a radio conversation at sea: Yeoman: please divert your course 15 degrees to...

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Earth: the Grand Retrofit

May 10, 2011

Humanity needs to learn a new skill. Correcting mistakes. Quickly survey today’s news. Start with the article in this morning’s...

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Making Mom Proud

May 9, 2011

It’s Monday, but not just any Monday. It’s the Monday after Mothers Day. We all know that Mondays are challenging...

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Mom(s)

May 8, 2011

We owe them! Or, if you’re reading this and you are one…they owe you! (Never liked that we-they stuff.) And...

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Thinking about the unthinkable – 2011 style

May 6, 2011

Half a century ago, a young man by the name of Herman Kahn burst into national and international prominence because...

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Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing entitled America’s Natural Disaster Preparedness: Are Federal Investments Paying Off?

May 4, 2011

Today I was one of four witnesses at a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing entitled America’s Natural Disaster...

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