Bob Sheak

Bob Sheak, who lives just outside of Athens, Ohio, is an emeritus professor of sociology at Ohio University.

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23 August 2013
Bradley Manning’s sentence: Another signal from the authoritarian Security State
Bob Sheak
Bradley Manning, whistleblower, leaker of "classified" information, who was held for about 3 years in pre-trial detention by the Obama government, over a year...
05 July 2013
Obama’s climate change plan: Not enough steps forward
Bob Sheak
President Obama presented his climate change plan to the nation on June 25. He committed himself and his administration to the overarching goals of limiting...
02 May 2013
Solar and wind energy in an ever-hotter planet
Bob Sheak
Environmentalists of all stripes support policies to expand solar energy and wind energy, among other “renewables.” Indeed, solar and wind are viewed across...
30 March 2013
Last chances to reign in catastrophic climate change
Bob Sheak
About 97% of climate scientists have endorsed or substantiated that concentrations of greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere have increased at an...
09 February 2013
Why Obama will not stop the increase in catastrophic climate change
Bob Sheak
President Obama has not lived up to his promises about curtailing global warming, the engine at the center of disruptive climate change. He and his...
06 December 2012
The turmoil in Washington over the “fiscal cliff” is a distraction from other crises besetting the nation
Bob Sheak
The lengthy and heated budget storm in Washington is zig-zagging toward a compromise that will in the end not have much of an effect on reducing the federal...

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