Pushing Rocks
On Time, Timing and Deadlines
We are well into Glasgow’s COP26 https://ukcop26.org/and governmental officials are making promises about what measures will materialize by 2030. Neither Russia nor China deigned to attend. Deforestation, a major source of climate change was discussed. Previous commitments about deforestation were mouthed and ignored in previous COPs.
So how should the ordinary concerned citizen regard this disregard?
The Day Before I Turn 76 My Mind Is On Afghanistan As the Leading Edge of Despair
What to call Afghanistan- a horror? A catastrophe? Whatever it is called, however tragic the immediate descent into totalitarian misogyny and cruelty, I am equally concerned about international repercussions and yet time advances and change is only predictable in retrospect no matter how clairvoyant or insightful I image myself to be.