Art Hobson, Physics, U Arkansas
Articles in Northwest Arkansas Times, organized by topic
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OF TOPICS:
ENVIRONMENT:
• Fate of the Planet
• Global Warming
• Fossil Fuels, Energy, Nuclear Power
• Overpopulation, Immigration,
• River Pollution, Poultry Industry
• Other Environment
STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL:
• Foreign Policy
• Nuclear Weapons
• Terrorism
• Bush Administration
• Obama
Administration
• Education
FAYETTEVILLE:
• Fayetteville Schools
• City Planning
• Other Cities (and City Planning)
• Growth, Sprawl
• Other Fayetteville
TRANSPORTATION:
• Cars, Highways
• Mass Transit, Alternative Transportation
SCIENCE, RELIGION, PSEUDOSCIENCE:
• Cosmology
• Science and Religion
• Creationism, Fundamentalism
• Other Science & Philosophy
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ARTICLES, LISTED BY TOPIC:
ENVIRONMENT:
• Fate of the Planet
01 Aug 2009 Global warming: lessons from ozone
depletion
22 Nov 2008 It's the economy, stupid
16 Aug 2008 The coming environmental revolution
19 Jul 2008 The sustainability revolution
26 Apr 2008 Earth Day 2008 - state of the planet
21 Jul 2007 Planet Earth today: imminent peril
12 May 2007 Swepco's
Texarkana coal plant
28 Apr 2007 What's wrong with America?
09 Jul 2005:
Highway to destruction
02 Apr 2005:
Science & society: not paying our dues.
24 Jul 2004:
Are we alone?
17 May 2003:
The technology transition
19 Oct 2002:
SETI, and a message to Earth.
18 Apr 2002:
Our human-dominated planet
• Global
Warming:
12 Sep 2009 Smoking gun in the Arctic
01 Aug 2009 Global
warming: lessons from ozone depletion
20 Jun 2009 What about nuclear power?
11 Apr 2009 Why big coal should agree to a
moratorium
28 Feb 2009 The plausibility of global warming
31 Jan 2009 Obama swings into action
03 Jan 2009 A
moratorium on coal plants
20 Dec 2008 Finding the opportunities in expensive
gasoline and recession
08 Nov 2008 Another coal plant for Arkansas?
16 Aug 2008 The coming environmental revolution
19 Jul 2008 The sustainability revolution
26 Apr 2008 Earth Day 2008 - state of the
planet
16 Feb 2008 Coal and our energy future
19 Jan 2008 Arkansas
energy resources: lignite
08 Dec 2007 Ark increases its global warming pollution
10 Nov 2007 Winning the climate race
21 Jul 2007 Planet Earth today: imminent peril
12 May 2007 Swepco's Texarkana coal plant
17 Mar 2007 How to solve global warming
17
Feb 2007 Global warming: a dose of reality
20
Jan 2007 New coal plants: a looming catastrophe
14 Oct 2006 Time for action on global warming
18 Feb 2006:
Global warming and oil
01 Oct 2005:
Katrina: a largely preventable disaster
20 Aug 2005:
Boycott Exxon
25 Jun 2005:
The global warming story
11 Jun 2005:
The ozone story
27 Nov 2004:
Where will we get our electricity? Part 2
13 Nov 2004:
Where will we get our electricity? Part 1
30 Oct 2004:
Ice sheets, Kyoto, global warming
20 Mar 2004:
Abrupt climate change & the president
24 Jan 2004:
Addressing global warming
15 Nov 2003:
Freedom, technology & global warming
25 Jan 2003:
Global warming
22 Aug 2002:
Energy, global warming, & nucl power
• Fossil Fuels, Energy, Nuclear Power
20 Jun 2009 What about nuclear power?
11 Apr 2009 Why big coal should agree to a moratorium
31 Jan 2009 Obama swings into action
03 Jan 2009 A moratorium on coal plants
20 Dec 2008 Finding the opportunities in expensive
gasoline and recession
08 Nov 2008 Another coal plant for Arkansas?
07 Jun 2008 America's energy non-policy
10 May 2008 Gasoline
tax madness
16 Feb 2008 Coal and our energy future
19 Jan 2008 Arkansas energy resources: lignite
22 Dec 2007 The real cost of gasoline
12 May 2007 Swepco's Texarkana coal plant
14 Apr 2007 A sustainability report card
20 Jan 2007 New coal plants: a looming catastrophe
18 Feb 2006:
Global warming and oil
07 Jan 2006:
NWA's transportation future
17 Sep 2005:
Price of gasoline & limits to growth
20 Aug 2005:
Boycott Exxon
16 Apr 2005:
The end of the oil age
27 Nov 2004:
Where will we get our electricity? Part 2
13 Nov 2004:
Where will we get our electricity? Part 1
17 Apr 2004:
Cars, cars, cars
23 Aug 2003:
Oil & homeland security
28 Dec 2002:
Nuclear power, bombs, N Korea
22 Aug 2002:
Energy, global warming, & nucl power
• Overpopulation, Immigration,
24 Oct 2009 Overpopulation and immigration
spell trouble
26 Apr 2008 Earth
Day 2008 - state of the planet
05 Jan 2008 Against immigration, for immigrants
07 Jul 2007 The immigration debate
29 Apr 2006:
Our dysfunctional immigration debate
10 Dec 2005
A liberal's case for reduced immigration
01 Nov 2003:
Immigration & overpopulation
09 Aug 2003:
Rampant growth
17 May 2003:
The technology transition
19 Apr 2003:
Concerning growth
05 Oct 2002:
Regional, national, global overpopulation
22 Aug 2002:
Energy, global warming, & nucl power
• River Pollution, Poultry Industry
25 Apr 2009 Will Fayetteville pay for poultry
industry's pollution?
02 Sep 2006:
The poultry industry vs. Oklahoma
03 Sep 2005:
Sustainability, & the chicken industry
16 Oct 2004:
Rampant growth & dying rivers
06 Mar 2004:
Phosphorus, rivers and rampant growth
22 Mar 2003:
Phosphorus in streams
• Other Environment
22 Nov 2008 It's the economy, stupid
16 Aug 2008 The coming environmental revolution
28 Apr 2007 What's wrong with America?
14 Apr 2007 A sustainability report card
11 Jun 2005:
The ozone story
14 May 2005:
A conversation with Robert Redford
02 Apr 2005:
Science & society: not paying our dues.
18 Sep 2004:
Economics as if Earth mattered
03 Apr 2004:
Ideology & the misuse of science
20 Sep 2003:
Stratospheric ozone
31 May 2003:
Paying our dues for the modern age
08 Feb 2003:
The sixth extinction
13 Jun 2002:
Our common ground.
18 May 2002:
Cars and taxes
INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL, STATE:
• Foreign Policy
06 Jun 2009 Dealing with Netanyahu and religious
fundamentalists
17 Jan 2009 Failure in the Mideast
11 Oct 2008 Those
missiles in Poland
30 Aug 2008 Russia, NATO, &
getting along together
28 Apr 2007 What's wrong with America?
11 Nov 2006 Iraq: it's past time to leave
28 Oct 2006 How many Iraqi deaths?
19 Aug 2006
Terrorism and foreign policy
10 Jun 2006
Another war?
06 Aug 2005:
Nuclear terrorism
02 Oct 2004:
Abu Ghraib reprise
26 Jun 2004:
Tantamount to torture, Part 2
12 Jun 2004:
Tantamount to torture, Part 1
15 May 2004:
Iraq: time to stop digging
12 Jul 2003:
Missing WMD, & ideology
03 May 2003:
Nukes & N Korea
08 Mar 2003:
Iraq and war
28 Dec 2002:
Nuclear power, bombs, N Korea
• Nuclear Weapons
11 Oct 2008 Those missiles in Poland
30 Aug 2008 Russia, NATO, &
getting along together
10 Jun 2006
Another war?
06 Aug 2005:
Nuclear terrorism
27 Nov 2004:
Where will we get our electricity? Part 2
03 May 2003:
Nukes & N Korea
08 Mar 2003:
Iraq and war
28 Dec 2002:
Nuclear power, bombs, N Korea
• Terrorism
06 Dec 2008 What's wrong with Islam?
01 Sep 2007 Concerning our gods
16 Sep 2006:
Fundamentalism & Mideast wars
19 Aug 2006
Terrorism and foreign policy
06 Aug 2005:
Nuclear terrorism
23 Aug 2003:
Oil & homeland security
• Bush Administration
30 Aug 2008 Russia, NATO, &
getting along together
11 Nov 2006 Iraq: it's past time to leave
28 Oct 2006 How many Iraqi deaths?
19 Aug 2006
Terrorism and foreign policy
18 Feb 2006
Global warming and oil
25 Jun 2005:
The global warming story
10 Jun 2006
Another war?
02 Oct 2004:
Abu Ghraib reprise
26 Jun 2004:
Tantamount to torture, Part 2
12 Jun 2004:
Tantamount to torture, Part 1
15 May 2004:
Iraq: time to stop digging
03 Apr 2004:
Ideology & the misuse of science
20 Mar 2004:
Abrupt climate change & the president
20 Sep 2003:
Stratospheric ozone
26 Jul 2003:
A zealous White House
12 Jul 2003:
Missing WMD, & ideology
08 Mar 2003:
Iraq and war
• Obama Administration
06
Jun 2009 Dealing with Netanyahu and religious fundamentalists
14
Mar 2009 A crisis of capitalism
31
Jan 2009 Obama swings into action
• Education
15 Mar 2008 Are we scientifically literate?
02 Apr 2005:
Science and society: not paying our dues.
19 Mar 2005
The abortion debate
13 Dec 2003:
Reforming Arkansas Education
31 May 2003:
Paying our dues for the modern age
05 Sep 2002:
More pay for teachers
FAYETTEVILLE:
• Fayetteville Schools
26 Sep 2009 Once again: whither Fayetteville
High School?
14 Feb 2009 Narrowing the achievement gap at
FHS
13 Sep 2008 City and school elections
12 Apr 2008 Restrict HS & college student
parking
02
Feb 2008 FHS: The saga continues
15
Sep 2007 For Fayetteville - vote Purcell
23 Jun 2007 The future of Fayetteville HS
31 Mar 2007 Do we really want a 3000 student
HS?
03 Feb 2007 Whither Fayetteville High School?
24 Dec 2005
In the balance: Leverett School
26 Nov 2005
Small schools: good for kids, Fayetteville
29 May 2004:
Schools & the heart of Fayetteville
• City Planning
18 Jul 2009 Visioning rail transit in NWA
04 Jul 2009 Against another N College Avenue
23 May 2009 Parking and the future of Dickson
Street
09 May 2009 America's car culture
13 Sep 2008 City and school elections
21 Jun 2008 Bicycling in Fayetteville
24 May 2008 Traffic calming
12 Apr 2008 Restrict HS & college
student parking
22 Dec 2007 The real cost of gasoline
24 Nov 2007 Whither the Walton Arts Center
09 Jun 2007 Stuck in concrete
26 May 2007 How to kill a city
03 Mar 2007 The future of Mission Blvd
09 Dec 2006 Ruskin Heights & 2025
Plan
25 Nov 2006 A green belt for Fayetteville
24 Jun 2006
The problem with highways
13 May 2006
An incompatible building
04 Feb 2006
The great sign ordinance debate
12 Nov 2005
Questioning growth
22 Jan 2005:
Downtown blight & Ark TIF law
04 Sep 2004:
The wages of growth and sprawl
07 Aug 2004:
Calming Fayetteville's traffic
10 Jul 2004: Growth, annexation, & impact
29 Nov 2003:
A plan for downtown Fayetteville
14 Jun 2003:
Living in the city
19 Apr 2003:
Concerning growth
22 Feb 2003:
Fayetteville transportation
22 Aug 2002:
Energy, global warming, & nucl power
• Other Cities (and City Planning)
18 Aug 2007 Northern Europe-traveler's delight
23 Dec 2006 Toronto & Detroit
08 Jul 2006
A tale of two cities
01 May 2004:
New York, New York!
04 Oct 2003:
Observations of Italy
16 Nov 2002:
Lessons from China
• Growth, Sprawl
04 Jul 2009 Against another N College Avenue
09 May 2009 America's
car culture
28 Mar 2009 Mass transit should lead RMA's
agenda
02 Aug 2008 Beltway madness
24 May 2008 Traffic calming
29 Mar 2008 NWA - a sprawling wasteland
09 Jun 2007 Stuck in concrete
26 May 2007 How
to kill a city
09 Dec 2006 Ruskin Heights & 2025 Plan
25 Nov 2006 A green belt for Fayetteville
12 Nov 2005
Questioning growth
17 Sep 2005:
Price of gasoline & limits to growth
03 Sep 2005:
Sustainability, & the chicken industry
11 Dec 2004:
Against sales taxes for roads
04 Sep 2004:
The wages of growth and sprawl
07 Aug 2004:
Calming Fayetteville's traffic
10 Jul 2004:
Growth, annexation, & impact
10 Jan 2004:
Paying for growth & roads
09 Aug 2003:
Rampant growth
28 Jun 2003:
NW Arkansas transportation
19 Apr 2003:
Concerning growth
22 Feb 2003:
Fayetteville transportation
05 Oct 2002:
Regional, national, global overpopulation
22 Aug 2002:
Energy, global warming, & nucl power
• Other Fayetteville
13 Sep 2008 City and school elections
24 Nov 2007 Whither the Walton Arts Center
14 Apr 2007 A sustainability report card
13 May 2006
An incompatible building
23 Jul 2005:
Grading the city's transportation proposal
08 Jan 2005
The roads proposal
13 Jun 2002:
Our common ground.
TRANSPORTATION
• Cars, Highways
18
Jul 2009 Visioning rail transit in NWA
04
Jul 2009 Against another N College Avenue
09
May 2009 America's car culture
20
Dec 2008 Finding the opportunities in expensive gasoline and recession
27
Sep 2008 RMA and the new transportation age
02 Aug 2008 Beltway madness
12 Apr 2008 Restrict HS & college
student parking
22 Dec 2007 The real cost of gasoline
29 Sep 2007 Transportation and cowboy mythology
26 May 2007 How to kill a city
03 Mar 2007 The future of Mission Blvd
24 Jun 2006:
The problem with highways
15 Apr 2006:
NWA's highway addiction, Part 3
01 Apr 2006:
NWA's highway addiction, Part 2
18 Mar 2006:
NWA's highway addiction, Part 1
07 Jan 2006:
NWA's transportation future
23 Jul 2005:
Grading the city's transportation proposal
09 Jul 2005:
Highway to destruction
16 Apr 2005:
The end of the oil age
05 Mar 2005:
The transit alternative
19 Feb 2005:
Transportation crossroads for NWA
05 Feb 2005:
Let's take the train!
08 Jan 2005
The roads proposal
11 Dec 2004:
Against sales taxes for roads
07 Aug 2004:
Calming Fayetteville's traffic
17 Apr 2004:
Cars, cars, cars
10 Jan 2004:
Paying for growth & roads
18 Oct 2003:
Cars vs. transit
04 Oct 2003:
Observations of Italy
09 Aug 2003:
Rampant growth
28 Jun 2003:
NW Arkansas transportation
22 Feb 2003:
Fayetteville transportation
16 Nov 2002:
Lessons from China
02 Nov 2002:
Road kill
21 Sep 2002:
"Transportation" isn't the same as "cars"
11 Jul 2002:
Los Angeles comes to NWA
18 May 2002:
Cars and taxes
• Mass Transit, Alternative Transportation
28 Mar 2009 Mass transit should lead
RMA's agenda
27 Sep 2008 RMA and the new transportation age
02 Aug 2008 Beltway madness
21 Jun 2008 Bicycling in Fayetteville
29 Sep 2007 Transportation and cowboy mythology
18 Aug 2007 Northern
Europe-traveler's delight
23 Dec 2006 Toronto & Detroit
30 Sep 2006: All aboard!
05 Aug 2006:
A national high-speed rail system
07 Jan 2006:
NWA's transportation future
05 Mar 2005:
The transit alternative
19 Feb 2005:
Transportation crossroads for NWA
05 Feb 2005:
Let's take the train!
18 Oct 2003:
Cars vs. transit
04 Oct 2003:
Observations of Italy
28 Jun 2003:
NW Arkansas transportation
22 Feb 2003:
Fayetteville transportation
14 Dec 2002:
The bicycle
16 Nov 2002:
Lessons from China
21 Sep 2002:
"Transportation" isn't the same as "cars"
11 Jul 2002:
Los Angeles comes to NWA
SCIENCE, RELIGION, PSEUDOSCIENCE:
• Cosmology and extraterrestrail life
04 Aug 2007 The search for Earth-like planets
22 Jul 2006:
Our place in the universe
21 Jan 2006:
Accelerating universe & scientific process
29 Oct 2005:
The great law of time
30 Apr 2005:
The big bang
24 Jul 2004:
Are we alone?
06 Sep 2003:
Our incredible universe
05 Apr 2003:
And then there was light
11 Jan 2003:
History of the universe
• Science and Religion
07 Nov 2009 Discovering our evolutionary
roots
10 Oct 2009 Fundamentalism and Modern Times
29 Aug 2009 Religion in the US and other nations
01 Mar 2008 In praise of reason
13 Oct 2007 Let's talk about religion
01 Sep 2007 Concerning our gods
06 Jan 2007 Quantum physics & human
affairs
22 Jul 2006:
Our place in the universe
04 Mar 2006:
Science and religion
19 Mar 2005:
The abortion debate
25 Dec 2004:
Star of wonder
21 Aug 2004:
Fundamentalism, modernity, & ...
24 Jul 2004:
Are we alone?
16 Feb 2004:
Materialism & modern physics
25 Jul 2002:
A non-material world
27 Jun 2002:
Science and fundamentalism
• Creationism, Fundamentalism
07 Nov 2009 Discovering our evolutionary
roots
10
Oct 2009 Fundamentalism and Modern Times
29 Aug 2009 Religion
in the US and other nations
06 Dec 2008 What's wrong with Islam?
25 Oct 2008 The science of evolution
& myth of creationism
05 Jul 2008 The arrogance of creationism
01 Mar 2008 In praise of reason
13 Oct 2007 Let's talk about religion
01 Sep 2007 Concerning our gods
16 Sep 2006:
Fundamentalism & Mideast
wars
27 May 2006:
New developments in biol evolution
15 Oct 2005:
Unintelligent designs
28 May 2005:
Creationism
21 Aug 2004:
Fundamentalism & modernity
27 Dec 2003:
Evolution update
26 Jul 2003:
A zealous White House
30 Nov 2002:
Evolution
27 Jun 2002:
Science and fundamentalism
• Other Science & Philosophy
07 Nov 2009 Discovering our evolutionary roots
15 Aug 2009 On the trail of life in the
universe
31 Jan 2009 Obama swings into
action
15 Mar 2008 Are we scientifically
literate?
01 Mar 2008 In praise of reason
27 Oct 2007 Particle accelerator goes boldly...
04 Aug 2007 The search for Earth-like planets
06 Jan 2007 Quantum
physics & human
affairs
29 Oct 2005:
The great law of time
24 Jul 2004:
Are we alone?
16 Feb 2004:
Materialism & modern physics
19 Oct 2002:
SETI, and a message to Earth.
25 Jul 2002:
A non-material world