I am a passionate advocate of getting special interest money out of politics.

When energy prices go up, the difficulty of projecting demand also goes up - uncertainty goes up.

...2009 saw the eighth 'ten-year flood' of Fargo, North Dakota, since 1989. In Iowa, Cedar Rapids was hit last year by a flood that exceeded the 500-year flood plain. All-time flood records are being broken in areas throughout the world.

I just think that a much more important part of the problem we face, which was evident 10 years ago and is even more evident now, is that the way we share information among ourselves as American citizens has been radically transformed. The line between news and entertainment has almost dissolved, where ratings now have a big impact on what kinds of stories are covered and not stories.

A lot of people go straight from denial to despair without pausing in the middle and doing something about it.

Consider what kind of car you get. Buy cars and other products that have the least impact environmentally.

George Bush taking credit for the wall coming down is like the rooster taking credit for the sun rising.