New Mexico, the Nuclear State
No other state in the union has played a greater role in the nations nuclear weapons programs. My life has been intertwined with Nuclear New Mexico -- and this is my journey.
Lia Fail -- the Earth always speaks
Lia Fail -- the Earth always speaks. Terry Wallace's Substack where I write science, nature, climate, minerals, history, and the landscapes that shape our lives. My goal is simple: to make science more clear, more human, and more connected
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Exponentialism, Not Exceptionalism
How do we make a sustainable world when the global economy is built on the principle that consumption must rise. The mathematics paint a picture of crisis here today, not tomorrow
Paying Twice: Uranium, National Security, and the American West.
Domestic production of uranium has become a "national security priority", and has been used as pretense for shrinking Bear Ears National Monument and granting mining in the shadow of the Grand Canyon.
The Power Problem
Endless discussion about AI -- to my view it really comes down to two movies: The Terminator and Beyond the Thunder Dome. Which is first?
Kakistocracy II: A Brief History of the American Dance with the Devil
How did we get to the Golden Age of Kakistocracy? Our history is mixed, but we must realize that our present state is also the fault of the senate.
The Golden Era of Kakistocracy
Bad People, Bad Leadership, and the Hollowing Out of American Government
The Word That Makes an Enemy
Communism, the Academy, and the Politics of Disloyalty
The Water Bill has come due: The future of the Colorado river and Arizona
The announcement of a federal plan to limit water withdrawals from the Colorado river casts a harsh light on adaptation.
The Profit of War: Oil, Armaments, and Eisenhower’s Cross of Iron
Less than three months into his first term as president, Dwight D.
Who Am I? How Relativity Illuminated the Meaning of Family
A personal essay about the meaning of family -- and how my explaining special relativity to a lay audience shaped my understanding.
Cacophony of contempt
A personal essay on my own exhaustion of thinking about the tsunami of culture destruction roaring across the nation from Washington