You See the Greenhouse Effect When You Believe It
By Donella Meadows
–March 4, 1993–
Well, according to Rush Limbaugh and the Mobil Oil Corporation, we can stop worrying about global warming.
Says Mobil in an ad titled “Apocalypse no”: “Unfortunately, the media hype proclaiming that the sky was falling did not properly portray the consensus of the scientific community…. Subsequent colder than normal temperatures across the country cooled the warming hysteria…. [...]
How to Beat the Coming Gas Price Hike
By Donella Meadows
–February 18, 1993—-
There is much talk of sacrifice these days, and much media drama about whether the American people will actually accept such a terrible hardship as an energy tax. The fuss is exaggerated. The energy tax is predictable, sensible, and long overdue. The people asked for it. And it is not a sacrifice.
In the last election the [...]
A President for the Bottom of the Long Wave
By Donella Meadows
–February 4, 1993–
According to long wave theory, Bill Clinton has arrived too early to ride upward on an expanding economy with the politics of easy liberalism. Clinton’s presidency will span the bottom of an economic trough, which used to be called a “depression” and is now called a “structural adjustment.” It will be a time of uncertainty and [...]
He’ll Break our Hearts, and We’ll Break His
By Donella Meadows
–January 21, 1993—-
It’s frightening to watch, every four or eight years, how we turn one of ourselves into a president.
At first, while he’s struggling toward the head of his party, we search out his dirty laundry. We blow up every rumor, no matter how unsavory its source, into a topic of national discussion. We view each aspirant with [...]
“Liberal” Isn’t a Dirty Word; “Conservative” Isn’t Either
By Donella Meadows
–August 20, 1992–
Everyone knows what a liberal is — a person who wants to ruin the nation by taxing and spending with no restraint. Furthermore, that liberal spends the money on wasteful, unpatriotic projects like education and roads and the environment and helping the poor.
Everyone knows what a conservative is — a person who wants to ruin the [...]
