You can kill the Assemblyman’s rail yards bill, but his heart will go on … talking air quality

It was 10 a.m. Tuesday morning and eighteen hours earlier, Assembly Bill 2332–fledgling 55th District Assemblyman Warren Furutani’s (D-Long Beach) try at banning construction of new or expanded railyards within a quarter-mile of schools–had rather quietly burned to [...]

It’s later than you think
The UN scientific panel that shares this year’s Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore issued a new report today. The news isn’t good– unless you enjoy hunger, disease, droughts, floods, and heat waves. If that’s the case, the future looks bright, and much closer than you might imagine.

RIP:  Irony. You will be missed.
Death often comes unexpectedly. Even when the deceased has been unwell for a long time, it can still be a surprise. Irony had been ailing ever since 1973, when Henry Kissinger, a war criminal, won the Nobel Peace Prize, and the audience at the awards ceremony didn’t burst out laughing. [...]