Who speaks for public resources, such as our state parks, bayous, and bays? George and John discuss with Jim Blackburn, leading environmental lawyer in Texas, the need for water rights for public resources such as Galveston Bay, the legal system that allocates water in Texas and the Southwest, the monetary value to the state of the the bays, and the proposed wildlife recreation area on the Texas Gulf coast. We return also to the theme “Is capitalism flexible enough get us out of the ecological crisis we face?”
Water and the public welfare
February 29th, 2012
More on healing from the damage of the past
January 26th, 2012John continues the interview with George on the practice of Re-evaluation counseling.
Listening out the pain of the past
January 12th, 2012John interviews George about his means of staying the genius that he is. George describes the listening practice he has been involved in for years, Reevaluation Counseling.
Solar power from the moon:Yes, really.
January 5th, 2012George interviews David Criswell, retired Professor of Physics at the University of Houston and former director of the Institute for Space Systems Operations there, about the possibility of beaming back microwave power from the moon to provide for every person on the planet electricity at the same levels as presently used in the US. A practical solution for the energy needs of humanity for the indefinite future that won’t pollute the planet or destabilize the atmosphere, at a cost of about the US military budget for one year.
Circumcision and other matters
December 15th, 2011George makes the case against circumcising boys.
Greg Palast on vulture capitalism
December 8th, 2011George interviews Greg Palast about his new book, Vultures Picnic:In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates, and High Finance Carnivores. Greg fills in the details on BP’s role in oil spills from the Exxon Valdez in Alaska to blowouts in the Caspian Sea.
Passing on the pain
October 20th, 2011Corporal Punishment as experienced by children
October 20th, 2011
From “this HURTS ME more than it hurts you”, Nadine Block and Madeleine Y. Gomez, published by the Center for ffective Discipline
Occupy Houston!
October 13th, 2011John and George discuss the Occupy Houston movement, on the first day of the occupation, the political corruption in Texas and elsewhere that it is protesting, and the possibilities for the movement in the long run to transform our society.
Sense and nonsense about climate change
September 1st, 2011George and John discuss the attack on the science that led the UN appointed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to conclude that the warming observed is caused by human activity, as part of a broader attack on science itself as a way of knowing reality.
