Month: August 2010

Katrina vandenHeuvel of The Nation tweets: I hope she’s right. It’s the right fight at the right time.

It’s amusing in a sick kind of way to watch how politicians react when someone proposes cutting military spending in their states and districts. After Defense Secretary Bob Gates announced his intention to shutter the U.S....

This Monday, Matt Simmons is reported dead in this article in the Bangor Maine Daily News. Best known for his accurately predictive book on the decline of Saudi oil production, “Twilight in the Desert,” more recently...

When an iceblock four times the size of Manhattan detaches from Greenland and heads for the open sea, there is indeed enough new land for the global warming deniers to start their own country. May they do so.

I just completed a 24-day road trip with my wife and 3 young kids (all under the age of 10).  Now I can get back to work so I can rest!  I have to say that it was pretty good when I worked in Europe and had 5-8 weeks...