The Southern heritage that Lost Causers would like us to ignore, by Susan Grigsby The legitimate, though unpopular, case for more politicians in Washington, by Steve Singiser The powerful politics of Barack Obama's eulogy for Clementa Pinckney, by Denise Oliver Velez Temporarily displaced millionaires, Mark E Andersen A Heritage of Hatred, Brutality, Treason, Terrorism & Lies, by Frank Vyan Walton What do we do now that the fight for a living wage is achieving results, by Ian Reifowitz Being a Liberal in Texas is not all that bad, by Egberto Willies
The annual [Gallup] survey of how proud Americans are showed a 3 percentage point drop from last year with the number of those saying they are “extremely proud” moving from 57 percent to 54 percent. [...] When broken down into demographics, Southerners, Republicans and those above the age of 65 felt more extreme pride than those in other geographic regions or political parties. Specifically, 68 percent of Republicans are extremely proud compared to 47 percent of Democrats and 61 percent of those in Southern states feel extreme pride compared with 46 percent in the West, 50 percent in the East and 55 percent in the Midwest.
When broken down into demographics, Southerners, Republicans and those above the age of 65 felt more extreme pride than those in other geographic regions or political parties. Specifically, 68 percent of Republicans are extremely proud compared to 47 percent of Democrats and 61 percent of those in Southern states feel extreme pride compared with 46 percent in the West, 50 percent in the East and 55 percent in the Midwest.
In a memo this week to state, central and area divisions of the labor federation, and obtained by POLITICO, the AFL-CIO chief reminded the groups that its bylaws don’t permit them to “endorse a presidential candidate” or “introduce, consider, debate, or pass resolutions or statements that indicate a preference for one candidate over another.” Even “‘personal’ statements” of candidate preference are verboten, Trumka said.
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is backed by governments and the International Energy Agency (IEA) as one of the best methods of reducing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere and saving the planet from overheating. The problem is that despite this enthusiasm and the fact that CCS (also called carbon sequestration) is technically possible, it is not happening. It is cheaper and easier to build wind and solar farms to produce electricity than it is to collect and store the carbon from coal-powered plants’ emissions.
The problem is that despite this enthusiasm and the fact that CCS (also called carbon sequestration) is technically possible, it is not happening. It is cheaper and easier to build wind and solar farms to produce electricity than it is to collect and store the carbon from coal-powered plants’ emissions.
European leaders believe that workers in capitalism's old centers (Western Europe, North America, and Japan, especially) now must accept declines in their standards of living. Capitalism is abandoning them to make higher profits in Asia, Latin America, etc. - capitalism's new centers. Savaging the Greek workers' standards of living (and, if needed, a few other countries' workers' too) teaches a double lesson. The first is, "decline is your future - get used to it." The second is, "be glad your decline is - deservedly - not as bad as that of the Greeks."