Why we love scary news stories, just as children like candy
A new chapter has begun in the climate wars. It reveals something about us that we must learn ASAP.
fear
We have become cowards. We can become brave again.
Being fearful & forgetful makes us an easily ruled people. But cowardice is a choice. We can be strong.
Trump makes America fearful – of EMPs
Trump trots out an oldie among military threats: EMPs, scaring us for 4 decades. More fun for the military & its contractors than fulfilling campaign promises!
About the corruption of climate science
Today’s post tells about the corruption of yet another vital American institution – climate science. See how RCP8.5, a valuable worst-case scenario, has been misrepresented to incite fear in the American public.
Today’s doomster: “The demographic time bomb that could hit America”
The politics of fear rules America. We were not so weak and gullible in the past, and need not be so in the future.