My book, “A History of the Goddess: from the Ice Age to the Bible” is out now. I have moved my work to new sites, you can check all the links below. History of the Goddess – website History of the Goddess – book HOTG – Youtube Substack Blog Linktree
Continue reading →There is a great deal of discussion around putting a price on carbon. Groups like the Citizens Climate Lobby, the Climate Leadership Council, and the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition, are actively lobbying for a variety of policies including a carbon tax and cap-and-trade programs. There is wide agreement among activists and economists that putting a…
Continue reading →Soil is the underappreciated solution for soaking up the carbon emissions causing global warming. If we were to practice regenerative agriculture across the world’s agricultural and ranch lands, so that we were restoring the soil year over year rather than depleting it the way do today with conventional agriculture, we could readily achieve net-zero emissions….
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What matters is not why it was done, but how it was done in the USA. In Part I we discussed how cannabis was originally prohibited through a series of international drug control treaties and local bans in many countries and 29 US states. Mexico banned cannabis in 1920 and the League of Nations, including the UK and Canada, banned cannabis…
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Cannabis was controversial long before it came to the USA. If you Google the question, “why was marijuana made illegal?” you will find many articles on the subject, most of which start the story in early 1900’s America and focus on Harry Anslinger, the Marihuana Tax Act, racism, and perhaps some wild industrial conspiracy theories….
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As efforts for cannabis legalization heats up prohibitionists are quick to say that we need more research in order to know if cannabis is safe. Prohibitionists always seem to overlook that society has had a long history with cannabis and it is generally the federal government that has prevented adequate research from being done. Cannabis…
Continue reading →Five states will be voting on the legalization of recreational marijuana in the upcoming elections, plus four more voting on medical use. What is at stake is much bigger than simply the right for adults to get high, the movement to end cannabis prohibition is part of the same cultural battle as Black Lives Matter,…
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Marijuana legalization is culture war. From cultural conservatives fearful of losing the war on drugs to counter culture leftists who equally fear their precious herb will be corrupted by the poisoned chalice of capitalism and big business. Marijuana is representative of long standing culture wars and the prospect of legalization has implications far beyond arrest…
Continue reading →Nuclear power is one of the leading sources of low carbon electricity, yet it receives no credit for this in Pennsylvania. The Keystone State has five nuclear power plants that provide one-third of the state’s electricity and 93 percent of its low carbon electricity. Nuclear power plants are also the state’s most-reliable sources of electricity,…
Continue reading →Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s natural gas policies make no sense and are self-defeating. New York has banned drilling for in-state natural gas resources while at the same time the state has increased its reliance on natural gas to replace coal, clean up air emissions, and fight climate change. Natural gas has been critical in helping New…
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