Politically Correct, Academically Correct, Scientifically Correct, Bigotedly Correct
By Donella Meadows
–September 12, 1991–
Young people are now streaming back to universities all over the nation, where they will be shot down by the label “politically correct” whenever they try to be decent. At an age where social acceptance is everything to them, they will learn that what makes them acceptable is cynicism. Any gesture they make in the direction [...]
National Energy Policy — Write Now
By Donella Meadows
–September 5, 1991–
“Now, let me get this straight. Energy efficiency — good. Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — bad.”
So says President Bush in the men’s room at the end — the very end, as the last credits are rolling — of the movie “Naked Gun 2 1/2.”
I would not have gone to see Naked Gun 2 [...]
Let’s Have Some Hugs for John Sununu
By Donella Meadows
–August 22, 1991–
Much as I favor recycling and writing to Congress, deep down I know that’s not enough to end our environmental problems. Even if we all buy efficient light bulbs and have no more than two children, still I suspect we will be dealing only with the surface causes of our cultural tendency to devastate nature for [...]
Nancy and the October Surprise
By Donella Meadows
–April 25, 1991–
I have watched for ten years as rumors about the October surprise have started up and disappeared and started up again. Over the same time there have also been a lot of rumors about Nancy Reagan.
Both kinds of rumors have recently surfaced again. What I can’t understand is why the talk and the press are all [...]
Greenhouse Extremists — On Both Sides
By Donella Meadows
–February 22, 1990–
We don’t want to side with extremists on either side, says George Bush in defense of his wimpy stand on the greenhouse effect.
He is, of course, doing just that. He is siding with the extremists who believe there may not BE a greenhouse effect; that if there is one, we have plenty of time to act; [...]
