by Gary Simpson | Dec 13, 2019
At the end of each calendar year the Oxford Dictionary and TIME magazine reveal their choice for Word and Person of the Year. Typically the two have nothing in common with one another. Not so this year. If we didn’t know otherwise, we could imagine that the two...
by Gary Simpson | Sep 14, 2019
Forget about “Climate Change.” Not the problem, but the term. It’s old hat, outdated and far too “vanilla” to paint the true picture of the critical state of planet Earth’s current and future climate. (Click here for a one minute podcast from NC Policy watch on this...
by Gary Simpson | May 22, 2019
Marvin K. Mooney is a Dr. Seuss character whose welcome has been worn out! The entire book (Marvin K. Mooney, will you please go now) is dedicated to informing Marvin that it’s time that he was on his way out, and suggesting a myriad of ways by which he might exit the...
by Gary Simpson | May 13, 2019
The single use plastic shopping bag has become a plague on the planet, a bane and a drain on the environment that supports all life on earth. Carelessly lost or tossed away, they end up polluting lands and waters across the world and killing vast quantities of marine...
by Gary Simpson | May 8, 2019
Because forests, woodlands and individual trees have no voices, it’s up to faithful stewards of the good earth to speak up on their behalf for the sake of the common good. Background Chatham Park Investors (CPI) is building a mega-development for 60,000 people...