I know people are tired of hearing the word ‘green’–a number of my students, for example, have already written about their contempt for people who flaunt their green credentials–but it’s still a mildly useful substitute for “eco-conscious” or “environmentally friendly.” The problem with ‘green,’ I think, is that it’s too easy for corporations to appropriate [...]
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To Green or Not to Green
Posted in Environment, tagged auto, green, Kermit, pencils, Slate.com, sustainable on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lie, Lie, Lie = Truth
Posted in Politics, tagged bridge to nowhere, Election 2008, Farhad Manjoo, John McCain, Katherine Q Seelye, lies, McCain-Palin, NYtimes, Politics, Sarah Palin, Slate.com on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Quite a few liberals keep asking themselves how the McCain-Palin duo is getting away with it. They repeat several blatant lies (Palin’s opposing the bridge to nowhere, Obama raising taxes on the middle class, Palin rejecting earmarks, Obama voting for sex education for kindergartners, so forth and so on) despite the fact that numerous factchecking [...]
