Jan 3, 2026 | Blog, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate, Journalism, Bias & Censored News
The implications of this morning’s removal of Nicholas Maduro from power in Venezuela are many, complicated, and — importantly — yet-unknown. These are just a few of the outstanding questions: The action probably violates international law,* and so will...
Dec 30, 2025 | Blog, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate, Journalism, Bias & Censored News
On December 30th the New York Times published this piece about an ongoing and fascinating criminal trial of two Swedish oil company executives charged with complicity in war crimes in the Sudan 25 years ago. That article is labeled as an opinion piece but reads like...
Dec 10, 2025 | Blog, Democracy and Transitions to Authoritarianism, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate, Journalism, Bias & Censored News
Research into online filter bubbles confirms that Democrats and Republicans actually live in two different realities. That is, their beliefs about what is true differ in significant ways. And because the beliefs held by people in other bubbles have been deemed...
Dec 5, 2025 | Blog, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate, Journalism, Bias & Censored News
After the conclusion of the COP30 climate change meetings in Brazil last month, some observers were quick to pronounce them a failure. Why? Were they a failure? Eyes on the Prize? Much of the criticism centered on the failure of the parties to agree to a statement...
Nov 25, 2025 | Blog, Democracy and Transitions to Authoritarianism, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate, Journalism, Bias & Censored News
Yesterday, in Part 1 of this post, I tried to make the case for talking to political adversaries about policy and politics. If you found that persuasive and are ready to Make Thanksgiving Interesting Again, this post will explore what that engagement — what...
Nov 24, 2025 | Blog, Democracy and Transitions to Authoritarianism, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate, Journalism, Bias & Censored News
National climate policy is in the hands of a GOP that has turned against the clean energy transition. Therefore, and for now at least, creating a stronger national climate policy requires putting more Democrats in Congress. Doing that, in turn, requires understanding...
