Richard Nixon resigned 50 years ago. The political world has never been the same. David Jackson USA TODAY August 8, 2024 WASHINGTON – Exactly 50 years ago, a beleaguered President Richard M. Nixon entered the Oval Office, stared into a television camera and performed an act that still echoes in today’s very different political … Continue reading OMG! Nixon Resigned 50 Years Ago! A Great American/Quaker Nostalgia Read
3:10 PM – August 8, 2024 We’re still here, the rain has paused, the wind is light, and sunlight feels close to breaking through. But . . . . The radar says Debby, or this end of it/her, is west of us, swirling lazily counterclockwise, and could come around and do another dump on us … Continue reading Debby – Durham Update: The Eye’s Wide Open
6:00AM EDT August 8, 2024 The sun is not up, but the rain is pouring down. Outside, in the pre-dawn murk, the trees are moving, but winds are not yet strong. Emergency alerts have been beeping nonstop on the phone & Ipad, urging us to get the hell away from here. But we’re going to … Continue reading Debby’s Done Dithering — Durham is Getting Dumped On
Two summaries from highly-regarded sources. Reminder: polls re snapshots; not predictions. Also, they change. (But you knew that.) Note: “538” is a much-respected pollster and aggregator. From the New York Times summary of the most highly-regarded polls
Climate Change: The August Deadline By Gwynne Dyer — 31 July 2024 When you spend four years writing a book on climate change, you get to know most of the leading players. I have never seen them so dismayed. “By August, if we’re still looking at record-breaking temperatures, then we really have moved into uncharted … Continue reading Dyer: Global Heating: Breaking Records, Beating Forecasts; Now What?