A German-made 900kWh PowerWind56 wind turbine dominates the summit of Mount Institute in Hawley, Mass. It provides, says a ski industry website, 100 percent of the electricity needs of Berkshire East. That’s the ski area, formerly known as Thunder Mountain, at which I learned to ski. From the valley floor, the brilliant white blades seem […]
Archive | December 12, 2012
Two years adrift in the blogosphere and no land in sight
We have just marked my second anniversary as a blogger. It’s not clear what I thought I was getting into when I approached S&R for a tryout. But over the last two years I have produced 85 posts. An average post is about 800 words, so that’s close to 70,000 words, a respectable book. It […]
Tournament of Rock IV: Stevie Nicks vs. Duran Duran #NSFW
UPDATE: Due to intense interest, we’re going to extend voting an extra day in this match. Polls close at midnight tonight (MST). Get your votes in. ________ I keep predicting close matches and I keep being wrong. Way wrong. In the last match Bon Jovi absolutely stomped Boston, corralling 82% of the vote. I’m not surprised […]
Ravi Shankar: 1920-2012
Ravi Shankar, arguably the greatest sitarist in Indian music’s history and certainly its most famous musician, has died at age 92. Shankar’s contributions to Indian music are myriad, from his composing and performing of complex ragas to his popularizing of Indian musical forms with Western audiences. And he leaves behind two immensely talented daughters, Anoushka […]
Five reasons why soccer will eventually surpass football in the US – #3: Soccer is already blowing up in America
Part three in a series. Thanks to expanding TV deals, smart entrepreneurs in the MLS and a Millennial-fueled supporter culture, soccer is the fastest growing spectator sport in the country. There has been a good bit of talk over what pro soccer in the US will do now that Becks has departed the Galaxy. It is […]
S&R Honors
Click here to learn more about past honorees...- IRS/Tea Party controversy: progressive groups “targeted,” too, and corporate media once again refuses to tell Americans the whole truth
- “Useful Enemies”: U.S. admitted not just Nazis after WWII, but their sadistic collaborators
- The time a source has to respond to request for comment? Virtually none.
- Profiling the Tea Party: In defense of the IRS. Sorta. Or not.
- Saturday Video Roundup: “Imagine the Band,” by John Lennon and Wings
- Mystery Unraveled: How a white, moderate, married, churchgoing, middle-class, middle-aged woman could vote for Obama
- An open letter to Burt Rutan, regarding his WSJ commentary on human-caused climate disruption
- Meet the men of Match.com: Really, guys, are you serious?
- Climate scientists still besieged
- Pelosi on Bush: “He’s not worth impeaching”
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Brian Angliss: That would be the same Fox News that won a lawsuit…
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Samuel Smith: Thank you for making clear that you believe FOX to…
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Bman: Not even close. If the number of groups target wer…
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Otherwise: interesting and yet another example of faux news m…
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Autumn: You said several organizations have purposed alter…
