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About Bruce

Work for sustainable development of small islands and the Chesapeake Bay; ex-Peace Corps (Volunteer and staff) in LA & Caribbean; cruised Caribbean on S/Y Meander for three years; like small tropical islands, French canals, Umbria, Tasmania, and NZ. Married 52 years to the late Kincey Burdett Potter (see Kincey.org). President of the now-sunsetting Island Resources Foundation.

Pennsylvania Tries to Get Chesapeake Bay Pollution Right . . .

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Bruce

from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette <http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/outdoors/2017/04/16/Rural-pollutants-impact-Chesapeake-Pennsylvania-trout-streams/stories/201704160129&gt; [No wonder Pennsylvania is doing such a bad job meeting its pollution-reduction goals. According to this article from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, they’re trying to remove potassium as a major pollutant, and the Chesapeake Bay Program … Continue reading →

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Public Policy, Inc.

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Bruce

[The issue discussed here is not particular to the Trump administration, but it does illuminate many of the driving forces for basic policy positions.  bp] PostEverything Analysis The traditional think tank is withering. In its place? Bankers and consultants. How … Continue reading →

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Information Wars: A Window into the Alternative Media Ecosystem

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Bruce

[From the on-line aggregation site Medium, originally a post from the Design, Use. Build Lab, by Kate Starboard, Asst. Professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering at UW. Researcher of crisis informatics and online rumors. The best exposition I’ve seen about … Continue reading →

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Super Heroes, Super Buddies

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Bruce

Coincidentally, the following opinion piece by Alexandra Petri in this morning’s Washington Post provide a good extended caption for the Super Heroes photo above, from yesterday’s Post . . . . . ComPost  Opinion  Reince Priebus and Stephen Bannon: A love … Continue reading →

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Summary of McMaster’s Vietnam Thesis

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Bruce

from the on-line PowerPost feature by James Hohman, 21 February 2017. There is a separate version of this text, linking to five questions about how McMaster will likely relate to Trump and the inner core of the White House, on … Continue reading →

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Key Element in the Health Care Debate

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Bruce

[For years I’ve maintained that until we get transparency in pricing for health services, we will never begin to solve the access/insurance dilemma. As discussed in this “Wonkblog” article from the Washington Post by Max Ehrenfreund, as a result of … Continue reading →

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Fareed Zakaria: Why Russia Promoted Militarized Information in Response to the Arab Spring

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Bruce

from today’s Washington Post OpEd section. [Analyses like this from Zakaria are essential to understanding US foreign relations.] We know what Russia did. But what we really need to understand is why.   Russian President Vladimir Putin gives his annual … Continue reading →

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“Independent Work,” Freelancers, or Capitalist Exploitation?

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Bruce

from the Stanford Social Innovation Review — check at the bottom of this article for a link to a free webinar on this topic on January 25th, 2017, paid for by the Rockefeller Foundation. The Freedom, Insecurity, and Future of Independent … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving: Craftsmanship in the 21st Century

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Bruce

alternative title: Plastic siding. . .

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Good Statement About E-Mail-Gate

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Bruce

This column from the respected Matt Iglesias, a commentator at Vox.com is the way the whole e-mail thing seems to me, based on my pretty extensive experience with internet tools over the past 20 years, to be about the way … Continue reading →

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