Perspectives
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Flooding in Louisiana? It’s not just Sophie’s choice.
The 1982 movie by this name may be unfamiliar to younger blog readers, but bears on events unfolding in Louisiana...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Ramshackle Nation, ramshackle world
Ramshackle: adj., (especially of buildings) badly constructed or maintained; rickety, shaky, or derelict. You don’t see this word too much...
From AMS Journals, Perspectives
Policy Buzz: Senate Hearing Follows Tornado Outbreak
by Caitlin Buzzas, AMS Policy Program On May 3, Dr. William Hooke, Director of the AMS Policy Program, testified before...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
My mistake!
Today I experienced one of those convergences we all hate. Between the time that I started my post on our...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Who wants to live on the Real World? I’d rather live on Planet Denial
Sailors love to tell this story of a radio conversation at sea: Yeoman: please divert your course 15 degrees to...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Earth: the Grand Retrofit
Humanity needs to learn a new skill. Correcting mistakes. Quickly survey today’s news. Start with the article in this morning’s...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Making Mom Proud
It’s Monday, but not just any Monday. It’s the Monday after Mothers Day. We all know that Mondays are challenging...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Mom(s)
We owe them! Or, if you’re reading this and you are one…they owe you! (Never liked that we-they stuff.) And...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Thinking about the unthinkable – 2011 style
Half a century ago, a young man by the name of Herman Kahn burst into national and international prominence because...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing entitled America’s Natural Disaster Preparedness: Are Federal Investments Paying Off?
Today I was one of four witnesses at a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing entitled America’s Natural Disaster...
