Author: cskendrick

The economy is going to change basis from petroleum to…something else. The question is whether that basis is post-petroleum…or pre-historic. There may well be no in-between. See below the fold for more....

Short form: I came up with a scorecard for the performance of American armed forces in every major war since the Revolution, to identify what strengths and weaknesses carried the day in most conflicts, and which ones did not in...

Lately, I’ve noticed that the absence of support for the War in Iraq is just as treasonous and America-hating as speaking out against it. So, I decided to make a list of these Benedict Arnold no-shows, and guess who shows...

Last year, in the backdrop of the Christmas Tsunami story, were some rather detestable comments by people that the Christian conservatives wish wouldn’t call themselves conservative, never mind Christian. One of them was a...

While on the way to get the Friday night pizza and video (what a shamelessly standard life I lead), I realized a few things: 1. I really need to go get some gasoline! I’m running on empty. No, wait. Start over: I like...