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Eric Baerren

Eric Baerren is a freelance writer, columnist and blogger who specializes in the environment and science-related issues. His love for nature and the environment started when he was a kid, when he spent whole summers exploring the woods and creeks around his southern Michigan home. He’s spent time in the woods, the desert, along the beaches and atop the mountains all over the interior and eastern half of the United States. In the last decade, his love of nature evolved into a deep appreciation for the environment, and today those issues that affect the human habitat are of most interest to him, especially since the birth of a son who someday will inherit whatever mess he leaves behind. Along the way, he worked a number of demeaning, low-wage jobs that helped give him a healthy respect for the working poor, and served for four years in the United States Navy, which has helped him to appreciate military-style thinking and problem solving.

His work has appeared in various publications, and today you can find him at home on the Internet, on his blog at www.baerrenblog.blogspot.com

 

Eric's Previous Columns

Reagan Called Government the Problem; Bush Made It Come True - May 19, 2008

Hillary Clinton Was the Near-Perfect Candidate . . . Too Perfect - May 12, 2008

The Neglected Issue: Presidents Govern By Appointments - May 5, 2008

Military ‘Analysts’ Are Not Journalists, And It Shows - May 2, 2008

 

The ‘LightBulb Freedom of Choice Act’: Selfishness Has Its Day - April 28, 2008

Amidst the Campaign Trivia, Food Prices Rise - April 25, 2008

Jimmy Carter is Right: You Can’t Get an Agreement Without Talking - April 21, 2008

Obama Tells the Truth About Blue-Collar Resentment - April 14, 2008

 

Is Missile Defense Worth the Cost? - April 7, 2008

 

Mayoral Mug Shot: The New Face of Detroit - March 31, 2008

Will Someone Be Honest? We Invaded Iraq for Oil - March 24, 2008

Cheap Gas is Gone Forever; Can We Adjust to Reality? - March 17, 2008

 

Will Hillary Clinton Take the Democratic Party Down With Her? - March 10, 2008

Human Humility and the Flu Virus - March 7, 2008

Not Supporting Hillary Clinton? I Guess We’re Just Morons - March 3, 2008

If T. Boone Pickens Buys It, There Must Be Profits in Green Energy - February 25, 2008

If Superdelegates Overrule the Rank-and-File, Maybe That’s Not So Bad - February 18, 2008

Someone Tell Karl Rove: Health Care, Debt Bringing on Recession - February 15, 2008

Another Year Too Long to Wait for Action on Global Warming - February 11, 2008

Poverty, the Stimulus Package and the ‘Lucky Duckies’ - February 4, 2008

It’s Not Just the Issues; Will the Next President Inspire? - January 28, 2008

Why is Conservative Anti-Government Stance Losing? Because It’s Wrong - January 21, 2008

Michigan Primary: Primed for Next Media Blunder? - January 14, 2008

Mike Huckabee: Could This Man Be a Science-Friendly President? - January 7, 2008

 

New York Times Rewards Bill Kristol for Failure - December 31, 2007

 

CNN Reports: Hillary Leads by Two Safeties - December 24, 2007

U.S. Shamed Into Global Warming Cooperation - December 17, 2007

Mitt Romney’s Tolerance Ends With Atheists - December 10, 2007

Michigan Loses Its Delegates, But Early Primary Jockeying Will Likely Continue - December 3, 2007

Selling the Names of Chicago’s Landmarks? Another Money-Making Scam - November 26, 2007

Global Warming Action: A Good Economy Won’t Help You When You’re Dead - November 19, 2007

This Year’s War on Christmas, Courtesy of Your Friendly Retailer, Has Begun - November 12, 2007

Oil Prices Keep Rising, But Will Any Candidate Be Honest About It? - November 5, 2007

 

It's Too Late for Early Primary States to Control the Game - October 29, 2007

 

Housing Bubble Bursts, So Maybe Growth Isn’t Always Good - October 22, 2007

 

We Need Al Gore, Because Global Warming Truly Threatens Peace - October 15, 2007

 

Environmental Optimism? Smiling Our Way to Suicide - October 8, 2007

 

Rush Limbaugh and the Poor, Deluded Dopes Who Take Him Seriously - October 1, 2007

 

If Blackwater Escapes Accountability, American Credibility Suffers - September 4, 2007

 

It’s OK, Al Gore: You Can Eat Meat and Still Be an Environmentalist - September 17, 2007

 

Conservatives Pound the Table with bin Laden Conflation - September 10, 2007

 

What Crime Did Larry Craig Commit? - September 3, 2007

Was Michael Vick Just the One Who Got Caught? - August 27, 2007

Eating Local: It’s the New Organics - August 20, 2007

 

The Stains of Karl Rove Won't Scrub Away Easily - August 14, 2007

 

With Newspapers Endangered, So Is Government By the People - August 13, 2007

 

Can the Backlash Against Bottled Water Last? - August 6, 2007

 

Kill the Fatted CAFE: Let Feebates Encourage the Purchase of Fuel-Efficient Cars - July 30, 2007

 

Candidates’ Religion Always a Legitimate Issue - July 23, 2007

 

Will Fred Thompson Lead the Party of Quacks and Crackpots? - July 16, 2007

 

Al Gore’s Live Earth Presumes to Save the Planet? Let’s Try Saving Ourselves - July 9, 2007

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