Visions
Visions Forum, Part Three: Over 20 of our brightest minds sound off about Barack Obama
I remember the excitement and hope that accompanied JFK into the White House. This is the first time in half a century that I sense the same excitement. When I look at the racial situation in the US during...
POSTED Friday, November 14, 2008
POSTED Friday, November 14, 2008
The Earth will be just fine, thank you
The grand myth of environmentalism is that it’s all about saving the Earth. It’s not. The Earth will be just fine. Environmentalism is all about saving ourselves. That may seem a bit counter-intuitive; after all, the Earth is certainly...
POSTED Monday, August 18, 2008
POSTED Monday, August 18, 2008
The most important generation in history is the one now alive
When trying to save the world, it helps to put things into a larger perspective by thinking about civilizations that may have already confronted these problems. In particular, astrophysicists, when we try to find evidence for life in outer...
POSTED Monday, July 28, 2008
POSTED Monday, July 28, 2008