Politics from the Island

Flotsam Friday: Ten Years After Paris – What Does the Shore Think?

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A decade after the Paris Agreement, the Shore has her own opinion about how we’re doing – and beach lovers might be the ones who need to lead the way. A reflective Flotsam Friday on love, climate, and our responsibility to the coast.

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Thurston Howell, III Thursday: “The Sound of Quacking” – and the Politics of Stranded Thinking

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In the Gilligan’s Island episode “The Sound of Quacking,” the castaways face a crisis: a blight wipes out their crops, and hunger starts to bite. Their only hope? A wandering duck. But there’s a catch – the same bird that could fill their stomachs might also carry a message to civilization and bring rescue. And … Read more

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