(This letter was published in the Chapel Hill News, 22 November 2006.)
Just before dawn, I awakened for no apparent reason, leapt out of bed, opened the back door and wandered down to the water’s edge.
Everyone else was still slumbering in a dream state, I supposed. Darkness overspread Eastwood Lake and the homes surrounding it. There […]
Category Archives: Letters to Editors
Early mornings with leviathan
November 30, 2006 – 10:00 am
Infinite growth cannot be supported
October 23, 2006 – 4:17 pm
(This letter was published in the Chapel Hill News, 22 October 2006.)
Let us take a moment to appreciate our neighbor, Winston L. Kirby, for the Oct. 11 letter to the editor, “Growth mentality seems unalterable.” Thankfully, what seems to be real is occasionally an illusion.
Such is the case with regard to the growth of the […]
Health of economy, Earth go hand-in-hand
September 20, 2006 – 10:46 am
(This letter was published in the Chapel Hill News, 20 September 2006.)
In newspapers worldwide, seven days a week, we find the presentation of the wealth of the world economy by means of an array of economic indicators. We can see that economic globalization is carefully tracked and watched over.
The interlocking national economies of the world […]
Time to recognize resources limited
August 13, 2006 – 4:01 pm
(This letter was published in the Chapel Hill News, 13 August 2006)
Thanks to the teachings of science, our children regularly report to us that Earth is round and finite in space-time. Easy enough.
Then, why is it that grown-ups with responsibilities for ensuring a good future for the young deny one of these facts?
