We have a planetary emergency. We have to find a way to create, in the generation of those alive today, a sense of generational mission.

I think that asserting that former President Obama wasn't born in the United States was just the height of irresponsibility, of course. And Donald Trump corrected that one. There are others that have yet to be corrected.

Even though it's important for all of us to change our light bulbs and the vehicles we drive, it's much more important to change our laws and policies. I drive a hybrid and we've changed our light bulbs and windows and installed solar panels and geothermal ground source heat pumps and most everything else. But putting the burden on individuals to solve this global crisis is ultimately not going to be the most effective way to solve it.

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

As long as the government's actions are secret, it cannot be held accountable. A government for the people and by the people should be transparent to the people.

The will to act is a renewable resource.

John McCain is now openly endorsing the policies of the Bush-Cheney White House and promising to actually continue the same policies over again? Hey, I believe in recycling but that's ridiculous.