What can international relations theory teach us about parenting? As Stephen Walt observes, there’s plenty of strategic maneuvering in both worlds. For example, once kids are mobile, parents learns about a key concept of geopolitics: the window of opportunity. You’re feeding or changing Kid #1, and Kid #2 makes a bolt out the front door,…Continue Reading…
Studying it might tell us why outer space is hell on the body. So argues someone who studies the cultural heritage of space.
I love that The Washington Post has a new blog on Mexico’s drug war, called “Journey Along the Border.” Too bad it’s slated to last a week and half, the duration of the journalistic journey. Guys, the drug war won’t end when you reach Tijuana, so why fold up shop then? Keep the blog going….Continue Reading…
At some point, there’s going to be a vigorous, public debate over adaptation to climate change. How, for example, will we make agriculture more drought resistant? Cue the scary music for biotechnology, since genetically modified organisms will inevitably assume a greater role. But as Yael Borasky argues, If we acknowledge the potential pitfalls and benefits…Continue Reading…
This is tops for today, from the master.
Imagine the histrionics when Lou Dobbs figures out the climate change angle to one of his pet causes. In the meantime, with respect to yesterday’s big report, this is a reasonable take on domestic security issues, particularly those related to the border: As much as the United States will have its hands full dealing with…Continue Reading…
When deforestation is covered in places like this, the environmental debate becomes much richer and expansive:
The hyped climate report released today by the Obama Administration is not in itself a “game changer.” As the AP’s Seth Borenstein notes: The White House document “” a climate status report required periodically by Congress “” contains no new research. The real game changer, illustrated by today’s press conference at the White House and…Continue Reading…
What Joe Romm touts as “NOAA-led” the Guardian reports as part of a carefully crafted strategy by the White House. It’s both. No matter, today’s big climate report is sure to light up the blogosphere.
This is rich, coming from the Global Warming capo on the left, he who relishes rhetorical knee-capping: ClimateProgress was the victim of a recent such bullying effort, as detailed in this recent post. The point, of course, is to try to shout down those of us who are warning about the dire nature of the…Continue Reading…