Environment - Robert Jennings

Tariff Impact on Chinese EVs: How Consumers Lose

Tariff impact on Chinese EVs is more than a trade skirmish; it’s a direct hit on consumers. By driving up costs and limiting affordable EV options, tariffs delay the clean energy transition and protect industry at the expense of everyday families. The truth is simple: Chinese…

How The AI Boom Will Affect Jobs

Everyone keeps saying AI will make us wildly productive. That might be true. But here is the part they whisper: productivity can rise without paychecks rising and without hiring surging. We could get faster workflows, cheaper services, and bigger profits while regular people…

The Zip Code Effect: How Place Raises or Lowers the Odds of Psychosis

Your mind doesn’t float above the map. It lives on a street with cracks in the sidewalk or fresh paint on the crosswalk. It rides a bus that comes on time or doesn’t come at all. New evidence says neighborhood deprivation doesn’t just bruise pride; it raises the odds of a…

Climate Models Were Right: What Predictions Tell Us About Our Future

Climate models once seemed abstract, but today their predictions have become reality. From rising temperatures to shifting weather, climate researchers got it right. The accuracy of these forecasts isn’t just about science, it’s a roadmap for humanity. By understanding what…

The Dream That Refuses to Die

The legend of King Arthur and the Camelot vision has echoed through centuries, offering us more than knights and battles. Within the myth lies a timeless story of justice, loyalty, and renewal. From the Round Table’s promise of equality to Camelot’s fall from grace, the lessons…

The Real Cost of Cheap Government

Now, I’m no fancy economist, but when the road eats my axle, I start doubting all this “fiscal responsibility” talk. Deficits aren’t dangerous when spent wisely. Government spending on housing, healthcare, education, and energy lowers daily costs and grows individual wealth. Bad…

Why Renaming the Department of Defense to Department of War Threatens America

Renaming the Department of Defense to the Department of War isn’t just a cosmetic change. It’s a symbolic act that signals America’s drift toward authoritarianism and away from peace. Words matter, and this shift carries historical echoes that could undermine American democracy…

Could a US Breakup Empower Everyone?

Imagine waking up one morning to discover that the United States no longer exists as a single nation. At first, it sounds like the stuff of dystopian fiction, but lately, even the word “breakup” has crept into political chatter.

Why Everything Seems To Be Breaking at Once

All things tend toward excess. All things must recalibrate. Excess and recalibration are the universal rhythm of existence. From atoms to empires, from stars to souls, the pattern is the same: excess, collapse, renewal. We are not living through a moment of random chaos. We are…

Gerrymandering and Voter Suppression: The Rigged Game Destroying Democracy

Gerrymandering and voter suppression aren’t clever political strategies; they’re the termites eating away at America’s wooden beams. The house still looks pretty from the outside, but inside the joists are hollow. From Elbridge Gerry’s salamander-shaped district in 1812 to the…

Immigration Jobs vs. AI Displacement: Who Will Do the Work?

As AI displaces middle-class workers, a deeper question emerges: will native-born and educated workers accept the immigration jobs they once rejected? From coding to farm fields, society may face a reckoning over labor, dignity, and career expectations. The intersection of…

The Illusion of Crime: What They Don’t Want You to Know

We’re told the crime wave is on our doorstep , lurking in the alley, armed and dangerous, waiting for the chance to strike. But, every crime statistic has a backstory , and it’s not always about “bad people.” From the breadlines of the 1930s to today’s red-state crime surges,…

Eugenics in the 21st Century: Alive, Well, and Wearing a Red Hat

America likes to think it buried eugenics with the Nazis, tucked it away with other embarrassments like leaded gasoline and segregation. But eugenics didn’t die. It rebranded. Today, it wears a suit, carries a briefcase, and calls itself “policy.” It votes in Congress, shows up…

The Power Behind the Next Progressive Movement

Franklin D. Roosevelt, when pressed for bold action during the Great Depression, famously told activists: “Now go out there and make me do it.” It wasn’t a throwaway line , it was a roadmap. The people had to push. He knew change wasn’t handed down from the heavens; it was…

Why Immigration, Racism, and the Economy Are All One Systemic Mess

Why is immigration suddenly treated like an invasion, and why does diversity feel threatening to those in power? Maybe it’s not just about culture or borders, maybe it’s about systems. And maybe the system is broken because we designed it that way.

How Gutting US Climate Data Endangers Global Weather Forecasting

As Republicans slash U.S. climate data programs, they're not just endangering Americans, they're putting the entire planet's weather forecasting at risk. Without reliable data, storms become deadlier, predictions falter, and lives are lost. This is no accident, it’s a calculated…

The Myth of the Trump Trade Deal: Theater Without Terms

Donald Trump likes to call himself the master of the deal. But as with most showmen, the illusion tends to be more dramatic than the substance. His so-called trade “wins” are less about diplomacy and more about drama. Scratch beneath the surface, and you’ll find a pattern of…

Cognitive Warfare: The Silent Weapon Undermining Democracy

Cognitive warfare isn’t a sci-fi fantasy , it’s here. Through targeted propaganda and information manipulation, modern regimes are waging war without bullets. Democracies are under siege, not by tanks, but by tweets. This invisible battlefield is reshaping global power and…

Protecting Women's Right To Vote & Blue State Gerrymandering

When the game is rigged and the referees have gone home, maybe it’s time the other team picked up the ball and started calling their own plays. That’s the debate now bubbling up from California to New York as Democrats stare down a Republican Party gleefully rewriting the rules…

The Real Revolution Coming in Money

Paul Krugman recently raised a red flag: the U.S. Congress isn’t just opposed to creating a Central Bank Digital Currency—it’s banning the Fed from even thinking about one. That’s right, they’re outlawing thought. Meanwhile, Brazil has rolled out a lightning-fast, nearly-free…

America Ain’t No Casino: But He Plays It Like One

He tweets at the Fed, brags at Mara Lago, and treats the U.S. economy like a slot machine. Sounds like a joke—but it's not. It's the daily reality we've been living in, where governance has become spectacle, leadership a brand, and policy a poker game with your rent money on the…