http://egoffman.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Ethan G. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:32:45 GMT 2010-01-03T21:32:45Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977582643 How we handle the environment cannot be separated from how we handle the economy.  Break down the economic stimulus package and it tells you a lot about our environmental future. I’m using the . . . Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:32:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977582643 Ethan G. 2009-02-02T21:32:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977578575 Obama is fast finding out that you can't negotiate with fanatics, such as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and House Republicans. Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:48:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977578575 Ethan G. 2009-01-29T16:48:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977572676 Obama’s Energy Secretary, Steven Chu, has ideas about how to handle our energy problems.  Lots and lots of ideas.  And he’s willing to work on all of them. This points to a potential schizophrenia . . . Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:52:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977572676 Ethan G. 2009-01-23T19:52:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977568500 My wife and I made it to the National Mall the day before the inauguration and I took a few photos: This isn't a great batch of photos--I think these are the 3 best.  They are . . . Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:51:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977568500 Ethan G. 2009-01-20T01:51:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977554242 We need to move aggressively toward clean coal!  We can do so by removing global warming gasses and storing them indefinitely.  So argued a coal spokesman on a recent Diane Rehm show .  . . . Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:01:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977554242 Ethan G. 2009-01-05T23:01:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977542870 What kind of projects will the Obama administration be spending your tax money (or rather future tax money, since it’s all borrowed) on?  Will it be directed toward conventional projects that harm . . . Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:21:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977542870 Ethan G. 2008-12-22T22:21:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977529568 The U.S. government is paying big agribusiness to ruin the environment and the health of Americans.  So says Michael Pollan, one of the foremost experts on food and where it comes from, who appeared . . . Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:41:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977529568 Ethan G. 2008-12-08T19:41:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977516524 Automobiles, Innovation, and the Obama Economic Plan The real action in automobile innovation has not been coming from the Big Three, according to a recent NPR Science Friday .  Rather, small, . . . Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:27:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977516524 Ethan G. 2008-11-24T20:27:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977503089 Upon swearing the oath of office on January 20, Obama will immediately face three major crises: The economy; the multiple wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and on terrorism; and the environment.  Of the . . . Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:40:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977503089 Ethan G. 2008-11-10T21:40:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977499845 According to today's Washington Post Obama's brain trust for economic issues includes people like Lawrence Summers and Robert Rubin, holdovers from the Clinton administration who helped move . . . Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:10:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977499845 Ethan G. 2008-11-06T22:10:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977496301 The Bush administration is in a last minute rush to cut out environmnental regulations: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081103/pl_nm/us_bush .  There seems something undemocratic about this--true Bush . . . Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:30:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977496301 Ethan G. 2008-11-03T14:30:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977484682 My wife and I are in the midst of doing something anti-environmental—putting up an addition to our house.  By definition, any additional space added to a house is anti-environmental, as it means . . . Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:02:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977484682 Ethan G. 2008-10-21T19:02:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977469780 “Laissez-faire, it's finished. The all-powerful market that is always right, it's finished," said French President Nicolas Sarkozy, adding that we need "to rebuild the entire global . . . Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:08:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977469780 Ethan G. 2008-10-06T21:08:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977462701 A friend of mine thinks that McCain is like Captain Kirk in the original Star Trek and Obama is like Captain Picard in the Next Generation.  I found this extremely insightful. What do gatherites . . . Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:10:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977462701 Ethan G. 2008-09-29T19:10:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977451409 The house passed an energy bill last night: http://wamu.org/programs/dr/08/09/17.php#21306.  I don't know all the details, but I know that it allows offshore drilling, extends renewable energy . . . Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:02:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977451409 Ethan G. 2008-09-17T16:02:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977449801 Energy independence and green energy are often referred to as though they are the same thing.  However this is far from the truth.  True, if we have 100 percent green energy we have energy independence, . . . Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:44:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977449801 Ethan G. 2008-09-15T21:44:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977436465 Gustav: A Warning of Worse to Come? I was hoping for a respite from the hurly-burly of environmental politics, but Gustav has struck and I had better make at least some brief comments. Although . . . Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:58:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977436465 Ethan G. 2008-09-02T01:58:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977424275 Unlike most environmentalists, I would support drilling for oil along America’s coastlines, as I’ve written before.  However such drilling needs to be part of a comprehensive package including renewable . . . Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:43:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977424275 Ethan G. 2008-08-18T17:43:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977416122 I’ve just finished reading James Speth’s The Bridge at the Edge of the World, which includes a powerful analysis of our environmental dangers along with a visionary approach to solving them.  Unlike . . . Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:35:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977416122 Ethan G. 2008-08-07T19:35:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977402086 Spend all you want, We'll print more! Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:21:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977402086 Ethan G. 2008-07-20T02:21:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977397185 Due to galloping prices, instability in the Middle East, and environmental dangers, energy is a huge issue in the presidential campaign.  So what are McCain and Obama's positions and how effective . . . Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:32:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977397185 Ethan G. 2008-07-14T01:32:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977389177 Should he be elected president, Barack Obama will not be the first African American president on January 20, the day he would be sworn in, according to a major study. "By the time he has been . . . Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:37:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977389177 Ethan G. 2008-07-03T22:37:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977387692 A tree came down on our block across the street.  It provided quite a spectacle to all the neighborhood, who gathered around to watch its slow death.  A small group of Hispanic workers . . . Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:58:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977387692 Ethan G. 2008-07-02T13:58:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977375141 Renewable energy is expanding voraciously and will do so even faster, according to experts at a Worldwatch Institute panel ( Tipping Point ).  Wind power is already in the midst of an explosion, . . . Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:07:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977375141 Ethan G. 2008-06-17T13:07:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977368392 Here are some photos of our cat, Callie, and my wife, Marianne. Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:04:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977368392 Ethan G. 2008-06-10T22:04:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977367323 "Pro Choice" and "Pro Life" are two stupid euphemisms that neither mean what they say nor say what they mean.  Who would disagree with a term like "Pro Choice," which . . . Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:41:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977367323 Ethan G. 2008-06-10T01:41:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977359541 The U.S. Senate is debating a major environmental bill: The Climate Security Act.  Unfortunately this bill is fatally flawed because it uses the convoluted, easily manipulated cap-and-trade process . . . Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:26:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977359541 Ethan G. 2008-06-02T15:26:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977348372 With oil prices hitting another record, this time $128 a barrel, a voracious energy appetite worldwide, and a faltering economy, the demand is likely to grow to take any steps necessary to get extra energy, . . . Mon, 19 May 2008 02:08:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977348372 Ethan G. 2008-05-19T02:08:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977341434 An article from Time attributes Hillary Clinton's virtually certain defeat to an overemphasis on experience in a change year, a failure to use the rules of the primary system as effectively as possible, . . . Thu, 08 May 2008 16:49:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977341434 Ethan G. 2008-05-08T16:49:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977339186 Global warming is in the middle of a ten-year pause according to an article  in Nature .   Because this is a peer reviewed scientific article published in a major journal it must be taken . . . Mon, 05 May 2008 18:35:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977339186 Ethan G. 2008-05-05T18:35:07Z