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June 29, 2015
Abraham Lincoln and the DACOR Bacon House
The Lincoln Group of DC had the privilege of being invited to the DACOR Bacon House, a historic landmark in Washington DC, for a luncheon highlighted by Kenneth Winkle, author of Lincoln’s Citadel: The Civil War in Washington, D.C. Dr. … Continue reading
June 26, 2015
Katharine Hayhoe at the Citizens’ Climate Lobby 2015 (from The Dake Page)
This week the Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) held its 6th annual International Conference in Washington, DC. The keynote speaker was Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. In addition to being a climate scientist, … Continue reading
June 24, 2015
In Search of Nature (from Hot White Snow)
Recently I marveled at the nature around us, and then today I realized how much of it is no longer there. This point was emphasized as I read the following: Most of us live in cities where the number of … Continue reading
June 22, 2015
Nikola Tesla and the Two Sides of Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. It also played a key role in Nikola Tesla’s greatest discovery and in the development of modern technology. There are two sides to Budapest, and I got to explore both of them a few … Continue reading
June 18, 2015
The Pope’s Climate Encyclical and Why Climate Deniers are Their Own Worst Enemy (From The Dake Page)
It should go without saying that when you deny reality long enough, eventually reality makes you look foolish. Climate deniers have been denying the science behind man-made climate change for so long that they have lost even the illusion of … Continue reading
June 15, 2015
Tesla and Electric Cars in Scandinavia
More and more I see electric cars around the United States, mostly the obvious ones like the Tesla Model S and an occasional plug-in hybrid like the Chevy Volt, plus the obvious non-plug-in hybrids like Toyota Prius. But this pales … Continue reading
June 11, 2015
The People’s Republic of Chinese Chemicals and The Puppet Suit
No, this isn’t the name of some bizarre new Chinese opera or dance troupe, it’s a mashup of two new posts on The Dake Page and Hot White Snow. The former has a book review of The People’s Republic of … Continue reading
June 8, 2015
Nikola Tesla and Abraham Lincoln – Connected at the Players Club
As I’ve mentioned before, Nikola Tesla and Abraham Lincoln have a surprising number of connections between them. I’m currently writing about them in my new ebook called (unsurprisingly) Abraham Lincoln and Nikola Tesla – Connected by Fate, due out this … Continue reading
June 5, 2015
How Climate Scientists Can Communicate the Science to the Public (from The Dake Page)
Last week we took a look at how climate scientists can communicate the science to policy-makers, so today in Part 3 we’ll look at how scientists can communicate directly with the public. Together these are a three-part series on how … Continue reading
June 2, 2015
Scandinavian Surprises
The trip to Scandinavia was, in a word, awesome (a word I rarely use, I assure you). In 10 days we visited Copenhagen, Stockholm, Olso, Bergen, and points in between. I previewed the route in a previous post and I’m … Continue reading
