What I’m Thinking

Sometimes we don’t think things through fully. Today’s freeze up of electric generating capacity in Texas is a good example of that leading to bad outcomes. Generally a hot place, energy managers felt no need to invest in winterization of equipment, so wind turbines...

Yeah, I know that it just snowed for the first time in a long time on the Cape and its looks to be cold the next few weeks, so maybe this isn’t the best time to tell you that 2020 was tied for the warmest year in recorded history. An aberration you say. I say not. The...

Government agencies whose actions cannot stand on merit alone often rely on process issues to shield a bad decision in the making from the light of public scrutiny. The proposed clearcutting of 170 acres of forest and disruption of another 200 acres of land atop the...

While it is kinda cold, it is time to think about spring. Spring garden planning may be what you are dreaming of but I’m talking about planting the seeds of political change in your town this spring. Along with warm mornings and chilly afternoon breezes, spring on...

These days I'm feeling all right 'Cept I can't tell my courage from my desperation - Bruce Springsteen, Local Hero 1992 Having just stared into the abyss of insurrection, and after enduring four years of climate change denial, the denigration of science as an...

You know that flag flying over the courthouse means certain things are set in stone Who we are, what we'll do and what we won't - Bruce Springsteen, Long Walk Home 2007 In the grand scheme of things, the American democratic experiment is pretty new, young, and now...

I welcomed 2021 with a sense of optimism and hope absent these last four years. While embracing the good feeling, I do so newly aware of how tenuous many of my assumptions about the bounds of civil society actually are. Rather than be discouraged, I’ve found renewed...

As we face a long and difficult winter with Covid-19 infections ripping through the country, the prospect of effective vaccines has provided a much-needed glimmer of hope. As the weight of the exploding pandemic has worsened, it is both important and instructive to...

With Thanksgiving upon us, the holiday season is about to officially begin but we all know it feels different this year. The pandemic is preventing many traditional family gatherings from happening this year. Mine isn’t, and while that makes me sad, I do have loved...

Rainmaker, a little faith for hire Rainmaker, the house is on fire Rainmaker, take everything you have Sometimes folks need to believe in something so bad, so bad, so bad They'll hire a rainmaker Springsteen, 2020 So here we are again, in transition, ever hopeful for...