Articles by David Roberts
David Roberts was a staff writer for Grist. You can follow him on Twitter, if you're into that sort of thing.
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The ode not taken. Plus, puppies!
Study shows it only takes a small percentage of readers to make a big difference to Grist. David Roberts gets downright Frosty.
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More on clean energy and the culture war
David Frum was once a member in good standing of the Republican establishment — he was the guy who coined the phrase “Axis of Evil” for George W. Bush. Since Obama took office, however, he’s been questioning the wisdom of the GOP’s hard-line oppositionalism and extremism. For his efforts, he’s been booted from his think-tank […]
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Clean energy as culture war
Conservatives say the American way is to use more and pay less, Walmart-style. No wonder they're scared about the shift to clean energy and sustainability.
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Friday music blogging: First Serve
The first hip-hop album I ever got into was Low End Theory by Tribe Called Quest, back in 1992, when I was a sophomore in college. (Yes, that’s rather late to discover rap, but what can I say? I was raised in Middle Tennessee. Diverse it was not.) That was a damn good place to […]
