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Keeping the lights on in four western states

July 6, 2024 by

Keeping the lights on (KLO in electricity industry speak) presents a myriad of challenges for a Western electric cooperative that has both urban and rural customers, especially in a time of aberrant weather and energy transition. Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell talk with Lisa Tiffin, senior vice president of energy management at the Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, based near Denver.

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How Loneliness Became a Pandemic and What You Can Do

How Loneliness Became a Pandemic and What You Can Do

Llewellyn King

You don’t have to be sitting by yourself on an island to be lonely. Loneliness is everywhere. Studies from universities, governments and public health groups find that the world is in the grip of a loneliness pandemic. More than half the U.S. population is said to be suffering from loneliness. It is classified globally as […]

Inside the Civil War: New Letter Trove Takes You Among Soldiers, Widows, and the Enslaved

Inside the Civil War: New Letter Trove Takes You Among Soldiers, Widows, and the Enslaved

Llewellyn King

J. Mark Powell’s new book, “Witness to War,” tells the story of the Civil War objectively through the letters of everyday people who endured it. WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, February 24, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — J. Mark Powell, a journalist with the InsideSources syndicate, became fascinated with the Civil War when he was just 9 years […]

Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely, Including at the Tech Giants

Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely, Including at the Tech Giants

Llewellyn King

For me, the most remarkable thing about Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance at a Los Angeles court, to answer questions about the addictive aspects of social media, was that he was there at 8:30 a.m. wearing a suit. Sarah Wynn-Williams, in her excellent book about Facebook, “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed and […]

The Danger of Being Inured to the Status Quo

The Danger of Being Inured to the Status Quo

Llewellyn King

We have all had the experience of staying a few days in a hotel — say on holiday — which becomes home; quickly, it becomes familiar. Individuals adjust to change. People who come into money get used to being well-off, and people who lose everything get used to that. So, too, with nations. They adjust […]

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