Michael AirtonBuying Off All The Climate Scientists and Other Dumb ShitThis is irking me.2 min read·Sep 16, 2023----
Michael AirtonClimate Change and the 500 Million ArmyRocky VI is a better movie than you may remember. And that’s mostly because the final fight between Rocky and Ivan Drago is beautifully…3 min read·Sep 14, 2023--1--1
Michael AirtonThey Now Say Objectively Stupid Shit and Their Followers Eat It UpJordan Peterson, Canada’s very own resident pop psychologist, this evening tweeted a copy of last year’s “World Climate Declaration” in…3 min read·Aug 28, 2023--1--1
Michael AirtonIt’s Weird That They Care So Much Whether Arson Caused Wildfires.There’s a scene in the first episode of the the miniseries Chernobyl in which Chief Engineer Nikolai Fomin greets party apparatchik Boris…2 min read·Aug 27, 2023--1--1
Michael AirtonThe Age of Malicious IgnoranceThere was a time for a few years where I called it “belligerent ignorance”, a term I picked up somewhere. But there’s a newer, more…3 min read·Aug 11, 2023----
Michael Airton2050 — A Hopeful Vision, For OnceI’ve realized lately that a glaring gap in leftist/progressive politics is its failure to articulate a clear, compelling, and hopeful…4 min read·Aug 13, 2022--1--1
Michael AirtonThe Stakes of a War with Russia over UkraineAs we watch the frightening drumbeats of war over Vladimir Putin’s foray into Ukraine, I’m disheartened by the usual verbal diarrhea from…5 min read·Feb 22, 2022----
Michael AirtonWe’re All Going to Need Skills.Because those in power probably aren’t going to do what’s necessary to prevent further global warming.4 min read·Sep 20, 2021--3--3
Michael AirtonWho Is Donald Trump? A Human AssessmentDonald John Trump left the office of President of the United States nearly seven months ago. His second impeachment, this time for…8 min read·Aug 8, 2021--3--3
Michael AirtonConfidence Is Not High: RBG, America, Canada, and the EUFirst off, full disclosure. I’m Canadian. I’m not a historian, beyond the undergraduate level anyway. However, I’m certainly a lifelong…8 min read·Sep 24, 2020--3--3