Right-thinking people are not supposed to discuss any meteorological or geophysical event - a hurricane, a wildfire, a heat wave, a drought, a flood, a blizzard, a tornado, a lightning strike, an unfamiliar breeze, a strange tingling on the neck… — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
The Enron scandal calls into question the integrity of the entire capitalist system, which previously we assumed was based on honest, straightforward greed. — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
“But perhaps we see a different set of sins in our own time: a reluctance to take on any new Great National Projects, a general self-indulgence, a culture built on consumption, whole generations raised in an environment where dreams are purchased at the mall. If we could somehow select the virtues of early Americans from amid their failings, we might… — Joel Achenbach Copy Share
It depends on your specific conception of God, because belief can equally well leave you with this constant sense that you're coming up short… — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
Right-thinking people are not supposed to discuss any meteorological or geophysical event - a hurricane, a wildfire, a heat wave, a drought, a flood,… — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
“Geologists think the mountains were formed by several distinct tectonic events over the course of 500 million years, a span of time that represents… — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
Coffee is one of the special things I have, instead of a social life. — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
Most geniuses are just talented people who get up really early in the morning. — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
You might declare that global warming and energy insecurity, not to mention urban sprawl and pollution, have intensified the sin of indulging one's motoring… — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
Lobbyists know that a 0 percent tax rate on capital income is not, in fact, the lowest possible rate. There can be negative tax… — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
Girls were nice to me in the same way that they would be nice to a hamster. I fantasized about wild encounters with females… — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
Never has good weather felt so bad. Never have flowers inspired so much fear. Never has the warm caress of a sunbeam seemed so… — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
