Useless Debate

I’m putting together a return to the energy question I first addressed in May, but first I feel the need to qualify what I said about a certain two candidates last night.  Some of it was the fact the debates are hot topics at all. I refused to watch the first debate, for a variety … Continue reading →

The Revisits Begin…

Well, things are finally looking up!  Time might be finally running out!  Iran is falling on the ropes! What, you thought I was referring to last night’s debate in Denver?  Since when have I really expressed any interest in that boring horse race–with two supremely unqualified candidates?  But another coming election, next year’s Iranian presidential … Continue reading →

Wait…What’s Wrong with this Math?

I would have expected Dean Baker to pick up on this pretty quickly, but the debate is tonight so I’ll take out the club (and the calculator). Yesterday Kevin Drum pointed to David Schultz and an apparent pharmaceutical scam, coupons: Insurers set high co-pays for brand-name drugs to steer their members to less-expensive generics. In … Continue reading →

Ground Zero Fear and CD

From my previous post, I left the ultimate existential threat hanging in the air: thermonuclear weapons.  In most respects, these are the only existential threats to the United States.  Chemical, biological, and radiological weapons might spawn scenarios like Contagion, but they are a far cry from the ultimate horror akin to The Day After and … Continue reading →

Deluding Ourselves

Here’s to delusional thinking…where would the U.S. economy and foreign policy be without it?  I’m sure if anyone other than myself was reading this, the reader likely would be happy if the last four years since the Lehman meltdown could turn out to be a bad dream we are just waiting to wake up from–a … Continue reading →

First of the Month

Five months.  Five months ago, on May Day, I put together the first post for this blog.  Posting has been quite sparse over the past few months as I’ve had to deal with health and work issues, but I plan to write much more frequently over the next month.  I will revisit my original topic, … Continue reading →