Category Archives: Climate Change

Throughout the more than 12 years that I have been writing this blog, my emphasis has been on trying to identify and analyze what I see as evolving global trends that can help both students and others navigate through changing … Continue reading →

A recent description of a decision made by Spanish police caught my attention (An Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Husband Killed Her. – The New York Times): Ms. Hemid’s husband of more than a decade, Bouthaer el … Continue reading →

The issues associated with the global decline in fertility rates have occupied us almost since the beginning of this blog (see the Jim Foreit Guest Blog: How Does Population Decline? on January 14, 2014, the follow-up blogs on January 21 … Continue reading →

I started to write this blog on Wednesday, July 24th, three days after President Biden announced that he would no longer run for a second presidential term, and said he wanted to pass the baton to current Vice President Kamala … Continue reading →

(Image source) As can be read in the top image, the concept of prerequisites has its origin in academia. However, it doesn’t take a great deal of imagination to extend the definition to the changing realities throughout life, including almost … Continue reading →

(Image source: Institute for Justice) The last blog ended with the impact of recent Supreme Court decisions: These cases questioned whether judges should defer to agencies’ interpretation of gaps and ambiguities in the laws they implement under the Chevron doctrine. … Continue reading →

(By Nancy Ohanian, Source: Seattle Times) It was the aftermath of a discouraging debate that made me create a series about the “day after” November 5th. I ended last week’s blog with this:  It was clear (to me) that if … Continue reading →

I am starting to write this blog on Thursday, June 20th, the Summer Solstice: the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. The concept of the “day after” has recently been widely used, mainly in the context of … Continue reading →

Figure 1 – “Dirty” vs. “clean” energy sources (Image source: RIFS Potsdam) Conflicts are the natural consequence of every major collective transition. Our current global energy transition, which was set in motion to alleviate the deadly threats and present damage … Continue reading →

Me and my mother I started writing this blog on D-Day, Thursday, June 6th (see the June 11, 2019 blog) — 80 years to the day since the Allied troops invaded the shores of Normandy to liberate Europe from the … Continue reading →