August 13, 2022

Talking Climate Change with Science-Deniers, Distorters, and Sound-Biters

It can be frustrating engaging in a discussion where facts are denied or distorted.  Equally frustrating is dealing with beliefs that are treated as facts and dependent on sound bites.  Climate change is one such topic. Climate...

August 3, 2021

Chicken Little is real

A recent front-page headline in my local paper read as follows: "County bordering on high virus transmission rate."  A doctor with a large regional health system was concerned that the COVID-19 transmission rate had increased by 3...