Feb 28, 2026 | Blog, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate
Decades ago, when I was a grad student living in North Carolina, the televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker had a very popular daily TV show called The PTL Club,* that combined preaching, entertainment and fundraising. The fundraising part eventually landed Jim...
Jul 5, 2024 | Blog, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate, Partisanship, Elections and the Energy Transition
In 1980, a country music artist named Mac Davis had a hit with a song called “It’s Hard to be Humble.” The opening lines were “Oh Lord, it’s hard to be humble / When you’re perfect in every way.” The song was obviously tongue-in-cheek, but when it comes to...
