Blog & Strategic Insights
Speaking Truth to the Mob – Part Two
There's a particular loneliness in being the only person in a room willing to say what everyone else came ready to oppose, especially when...
Speaking Truth to the Mob
While preparing to facilitate a role-playing session at the National Conservative Energy Summit this week, I’ve been thinking about how conservative clean energy advocates...
Gut Punch Anniversary, Wildfire Fears, and the Limits of Factual Accuracy
With the one-year anniversary of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act approaching on July 4, here’s a quick reflection on the gut punch it...
Should Sam Altman Represent You at a Permitting Meeting?
This month I went to Climate Week Boston, where a dominant topic was permitting reform – which is shaping up to be a key...
Beer Can Influencers & the Failure of Corporate Pandering
Three years ago this month, Bud Light — America’s best-selling beer for over two decades — sent Dylan Mulvaney (an actress, influencer, and trans...
In Defense of (Some) Lawyers
Last month, a federal court ruled in favor of the legal challenge to the White House’s freeze of the NEVI (National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure)...
Must “He” Actually Be Named?
In the Harry Potter series, most wizards refuse to say Voldemort’s name (referring to him instead as He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named or You-Know-Who) out of fear that...
How’s that Cowardice Working Out for You?
One of the things that’s always driven my work is the belief that choosing silence as a response to fear never works out well....
TEDx Insights, Corporate Silence on Climate, and My Next Professional Chapter
If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance it’s because you know me from my documentary film work with the American Resilience Project, the...