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October 10, 2018
US lags in reacting to longterm trends in energy, pollution, and global warming
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After the American Century The times are out of joint. The short term outlook is good, if by this one means unemployment is low, interes...
July 31, 2018
How I came to write a novel: McSocrates
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After the American Century Once upon a time I was in Yorkshire for a semester of research, and after several months I had exhau...
February 22, 2018
The Energy Transition from Gas to Electricity
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American Illuminations : The Energy Transition from Gas to Electricity After the American Century In 1900 the city of Cincinnati s...
February 02, 2018
Our energy transition
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After the American Century We are living in the midst of an energy transition, shifting away from fossil fuels to solar, wind, biomass, ...
January 20, 2018
Republicans Vote for a Shutdown
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Republicans vote for a shutdown After the American Century Only 45 Republicans voted for the budget bill that would keep the governme...
August 04, 2017
Expatriation: not what it used to be
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After the American Century A century ago being an expatriate had a certain cachet. Some major American writers once lived primarily in B...
June 02, 2017
Why the US Should Have Signed the Paris Climate Accords
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After the American Century I have been studying the history of energy, especially electricity, for three decades.* In fact, I spent...
March 17, 2017
Trump Seeks to Revive Calvin Coolidge's America
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The First Trump Budget Reveals Republican Values: A Return to Calvin Coolidge's America After the American Century Calvin Cooli...
February 09, 2017
The Huckster President: Trump's flagrant conflicts of interest
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After the American Century Donald Trump likes to be a moving target, constantly drawing attention away from what he did yesterday with ...
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