by admin | Mar 10, 2021 | Activism, Books, Careers, Climate, Environment, Housing, Infrastructure, Nature, Public health, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Technology, Transportation, Urban Planning, Volunteerism, Water
About six weeks ago, as the Biden administration was first asserting its priorities regarding climate change and the environment, I reviewed a book about the positive actions already being taken by cities around the world in addressing the climate crisis. The...
by admin | Feb 28, 2021 | Aging, Chicago, Coronavirus, Education, Government, Healthcare, History, Medical, Personal health, Personal history, Public health, Restaurants, Weather
I am not a doubter when it comes to the COVID-19 vaccines. All I want to do is sign up and let them put a sharp needle in my arm and inoculate me. Do it twice if the vaccine demands it. Even my experience in early February with the shingles vaccine cannot deter me. On...
by admin | Jan 31, 2021 | Activism, Books, Crime, Government, History, Journalism, National security, Personal history, Political philosophy, Politics, Public safety
Within the last week, I finished reading a nearly 800-page biography of Napoleon Bonaparte, which may raise the question of why I took the trouble. I started only after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election but refused to concede and persisted in disseminating the...
by admin | Jan 28, 2021 | Activism, Books, Business, Climate, Energy Conservation, Environment, Government, Infrastructure, Politics, Resilience, Transportation, Urban Planning
One of the more remarkable facets of the political debate over climate change is the almost knee-jerk rejection among conservative skeptics of the science is that they abandon the same can-do spirit of capitalism that they would otherwise adopt when defending the...
by admin | Jan 13, 2021 | Aging, Careers, Medical, Personal health, Personal history, Public safety, Weather, Writing
For those who have noticed, it has been more than five weeks since I last posted to this blog. It has been a rough stretch, but it could have been much rougher. At least to my knowledge, I never have contracted COVID-19. Not that people weren’t asking, especially...
