Imagine if Elon Musk, Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year,” put his mind to minimizing the frequency of and damage from forest fires. Suppose that he also focused on helping the United States and the world deal with mitigating other damage that is already being done to Planet Earth as a result of climate change.
Category: Infrastructure
Another reason why Manchin and Sinema should vote like Dems, at least for now
It’s really hard to be a Democrat these days. All of this contributes to why it is especially important now for Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema to join their fellow Democrats and support the Build Back Better Act.
Democrats need to rally behind Biden
Right now, the most effective thing that Democrats can do to optimize passage of the legislative priorities is to make Joe Biden look good. He is doing his part. Others need to rally around him. Let’s put some of these disagreements into the ‘W’ column for the Democratic Party and then further build off that momentum.
Trump’s “beautiful wall” vs. America’s ugly infrastructure
America’s infrastructure is a mess. Whether you live in a city, a suburb, a small town, a village, or a rural area, you don’t
Our Newest Challenge in Space: Privatizing the Delivery and Return of Human Beings
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, which was the first time man walked on the moon. December 11th, 1972 was the last time that man set foot on the moon. This means that it has been over 45 years since man last walked on the moon.
H.W. Bush & Bob Dole fought a “good war”
Bob Dole did everything that he could to get his ninety-five-year-old war-ravaged body once again to the U.S. Capitol, this time to pay a final tribute to his friend and rival, George H.W. Bush.
Next: Republican Meanness in an Infrastructure Bill
The House has passed a tax bill that is disproportionately kind to the wealthy; the Senate is about to do the same and then
Remember inflation? Let Trumponomics remind you
It’s been perhaps a generation and a half since America experienced the pain of double-digit inflation. We don’t talk much about inflation these days,
Why is the anger of Trump supporters so displaced?
It takes a special kind of anger to be a Trump supporter. It’s not just that you might be frustrated with your economic condition
How the federal government may not be serving St. Louis well
One of the challenges that progressives frequently face is that they like to be sticklers for facts, at least wherever possible. And since a