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Donkey Path
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Taking the long view, we are a progressive blog on politics. We also have posts on philosophy, religion, science, and literature.
Recent Posts
A Whodunit at Port San Luis
About 18 months ago my wife and I took a trip down to Pismo Beach along the Central Coast of California. A short distance away to the north is Port San Luis, a small harbor with a working pier. A good pier is irresistible and my wife and I kept tradi...
How Many Pollutants Come From Coal?
There's been so much talk about clean coal in the last year or two that I can only shake my head. There's no such thing, not even close. One could argue that there's such a thing as slightly cleaner coal but that's it.I find it curious that Republica...
China Needs More Ambitious Alternative Energy Policy
For all their flaws, the Chinese are now one of the big global players. And yet, allthough they're the third largest economy in the world, they still think of themselves as a third world country—at least when its convenient. Although their earning...
More on Journalism and Blogging: Murdoch and Huffington
Arianna Huffington had an excellent post the other day discussing the Internet and its relationship to a revolution in news. I'll get to that in a moment.One of the reasons many of us took to the Internet beginning with the 2000 election was the fail...
The Peugeot BB1 Four-Passenger Electric Car
My Italian correspondent and frequent technology adviser, BT, says if he had the money he'd be tempted to buy the new Peugeot Electric Car which is now being produced in France. He's an avid user of trains and bicycles so I'm not all that sure how mu...
Sarah Palin Is Consistent....Sometimes
Since there are more important things to talk about than Sarah Palin, I promise this will be the last post discussing her for a bit. The problem is that watching Sarah Palin is often like watching a train wreck. Of course for eight years George W. Bu...
