When I was a kid I distinctly remember my dad having a conversation with his best friend about the “buffalo commons.” I don’t remember the particulars of that conversation but I do remember the general tone of the conversation and I would say that it wasn’t supportive of the idea. The idea of a buffalo […]
One of my hesitations about moving to Texas (in addition to the weather) was that I wasn’t crazy about living in a state of the old Confederacy. Although the Civil War was a long time ago the stench of treason in defense of slavery still lingers in places like Texas. Also living in Texas has […]
Today the IPCC came out with “A Special Report on the Impacts of Global Warming a 1.5C” Essentially, it outlines how bad things will get as the Earth’s climate increases to 1.5 degrees celsius above pre-industrial levels but also how much worse things will get if the Earth warms to 2 degrees celsius above […]
The ascension of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is a terrible thing for the country but it is clarifying. America is in the midst of a legitimacy crisis. The Republican Party has gone all in on white nationalism (in addition to ensuring the rich pay nothing in taxes and American is continually engaged in […]
International order is in flux. With the U.S. governed by the racist grifter Donald Trump and a complicit in his crimes Republican party American leadership of the liberal international order is in serious question. So what comes next? It’s an interesting time in that there is a space for a more virtuous and left wing […]
Texas, as everyone knows and everyone here likes to state over and over again, is a big state. This is both in terms of population and geography. Because of these two factors Texas also resettles a lot of refugees. I think people from outside the state are still surprised at the ethnic diversity of places […]
In my previous post I highlighted the different rates at which the 50 U.S. states (and Washington D.C.) resettle refugees. On a per capita basis, North Dakota on average resettles more refugees than other states. The next question to ask then is why? Why does North Dakota resettle more refugees than others? The resettlement process […]
