Category Archives: Climate Change

Happy New Year to everybody! I promised in a previous blog that I would be reading two recently published books to try to find how we could learn from the recent past to make a better future. Last week’s blog … Continue reading →

Figure 1 – The cover of the book (source: Amazon) I finished last week’s blog with the following two sentences:  Around the same time, I ordered two recent books, Fateful Hours: the Collapse of the Weimar Republic by Volker Ullrich and 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash … Continue reading →

Figure 1 – Past, now, and future Past: The past tells us what has already happened. Last week’s blog addressed this through both its top figure and the speech of Camille Robcis, the new chair of Columbia University’s History Department. Prof. … Continue reading →

(Source: ModelThinkers.com) In an earlier blog (November 12, 2025), I mentioned traveling to an upcoming meeting at the Holocaust Museum that included filming an interview. Before the interview, I got early notice of the questions that I would be asked … Continue reading →

By the time this blog is posted, COP30 will be “history.” It officially ends on Friday, November 21st, and this blog will be posted on Wednesday, November 26th. I will use this blog and the one that follows to summarize … Continue reading →

Figure 1 – In charts: ten years since the Paris climate accord  Last week’s blog focused on the abstract search for a reference for collective evil, following a NYT examination of the current Trump administration. I pointed out that such … Continue reading →

Three days after I post this blog, my wife and I are taking a trip to Washington, DC, to take part in an event organized by the Holocaust Institute. As was clear from my earlier blogs, my focus after my … Continue reading →

(Source: NTT Data) I finished last week’s blog with a wish to be thankful this coming Thanksgiving. On a personal level, I have some control over my actions and surroundings. On a global level, I have no control so I … Continue reading →

(Source: Dariusz Okraska / EyeEm / Getty Images via History.com) This blog will be posted two days before Halloween, saying goodbye to October and looking forward to November. I know that November will end with Thanksgiving, and I hope that … Continue reading →