Question: What do the Las Vegas shooting and this season’s hurricanes have in common? Answer: It is always too soon to discuss the ‘politics’ until it is too late to bother. The common refrain to ‘be sensitive to the victims’ following disasters needs to be challenged. In the immediate aftermath of these events, we can and should focus on the causes and possible responses.  One way to do that is to propose bold new ideas, and allow them to move to the mainstream of our national discussion. Listen in!

The reading list:

• Sarah Huckabee Sanders on shooting...
• Pruitt on climate
• The McKibben effect?
• CNN on country music and Las Vegas
• Catholic institutions to divest
• Overton Window
• Naomi Klein

Events

• HOW TO CONTACT YOUR LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES

Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist that the United States put a price on carbon.

Thanks for listening.

…Ted McIntyre