Native Americans Finally Have a Cabinet Nominee. Will an Adopted Tlingit Take Her Down?

Via: Bob Nelson  •  The Beacon  •  5 Comments  •  1 Like  •  4 years ago

“With the GOP digging in against Deb Haaland as Interior secretary, Alaska's Lisa Murkowski faces a choice between her party and a powerful...”

Murkowski is a mystery to me. I really do not know what she will do.  She has sometimes upheld her oath, and sometimes not. Would she dare betray the tribes that have been critical to her election?

To Save Democracy, Principled Conservatives Must Ally with Democrats

Via: Bob Nelson  •  The Beacon  •  2 Comments  •  4 years ago

“The impulse to start a new anti-Trump conservative party or GOP splinter is admirable — but the present crisis demands a different response”

Thoughtful conservatives have nowhere to go. The Republican Party has not produced any ideas for social advancement in decades. The last one may have been the Heritage Foundation's proposal for health-care... which became RomneyCare in Massachusetts and then ObamaCare nationally. Since then......

The Virginia G.O.P. Voted on Its Future. The Losers Reject the Results.

Via: Bob Nelson  •  The Beacon  •  4 Comments  •  1 Like  •  4 years ago

“In a sign of the Trump era's lingering alternate realities, Republicans in the struggling state party are refusing to move forward with a new...”

Texas power outage: why wind turbines are not to blame

Via: Bob Nelson  •  The Beacon  •  3 Comments  •  1 Like  •  4 years ago

“Some Republicans blamed the rolling blackouts millions of Texans have experienced this week after Winter Storm Uri on wind turbines. Here's why...”

What Tom Cotton's big plan to "beat China" actually says

Via: Bob Nelson  •  The Beacon  •  19 Comments  •  1 Like  •  4 years ago

“Cotton is urging economic warfare to send the Chinese Communist Party into the "ash heap of history."”

Meet Elizabeth Ann, the First Cloned Black-Footed Ferret

Via: Bob Nelson  •  The Beacon  •  5 Comments  •  1 Like  •  4 years ago

“Her birth represents the first cloning of an endangered species native to North America, and may bring needed genetic diversity to the species.”

On Cancun and the Insurrection - The Bulwark

Via: Bob Nelson  •  The Beacon  •  7 Comments  •  1 Like  •  4 years ago

“What is the point of being a United States Senator anyway?”

The nation's cartoonists on the week in politics

Via: Bob Nelson  •  The Beacon  •  5 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  4 years ago

“The best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere by Matt Wuerker.”

Texas, Land of Wind and Lies

Via: Bob Nelson  •  The Beacon  •  3 Comments  •  1 Like  •  4 years ago

“When post-truth politics meets energy policy”

The only failures I see in Texas are in its leadership. A power company knows how to winter-proof its equipment. But that makes production more expensive. It hurts the bottom line. So no power company will do it unless there's an incentive - carrot or stick. Texas had incentives, but then...

The Livestock Living at the End of the World

Via: Bob Nelson  •  The Beacon  •  3 Comments  •  1 Like  •  4 years ago

“The marooned livestock was meant to feed shipwreck survivors”

What is our "natural state"? We've modified our world beyond any possibility of return... if we wanted to. And yet... it is our responsibility to destroy as little as possible.