The “American Century” reflects a judgment that the United States of America has been dominant economically, militarily, and politically in the world, preeminent among nations, …

Naomi Klein, a prolific writer, has published a book, “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs The Climate,” which articulately details part of this blog’s …

Abraham Lincoln was a lifelong proponent of “improvements,” meaning the products of human labor focused on converting natural resources into useful goods for human …

Human activities – agriculture, cities, burning hydrocarbons and so forth – having been changing Earth’s natural systems for thousands of years. The pace of …