Compelling tales of climate change

They called it blockbusting when the first black family moved into an all white neighborhood back in the Sixties. From the opening moments of Portland Center Stage’s production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Clybourne Park, I was transported back to childhood when I overheard grown-up conversations about their fears that that their block might be…

I heard a bit of breaking news the other day: the Obama administration is on the verge of launching a major climate initiative, perhaps during the State of the Union. To me, “major” suggests goals, timetables and a summit to get the issue on the table. After a campaign in which climate change wasn’t mentioned…