I’m not big on conspiracy theories. Some are more entertaining than others, sure. And some are right in pointing out that something isn’t right in re whatever it is they’re theorizing conspiracies about. And I have one of my own. I’m really concerned that I haven’t heard much really about this: Artificial Leaf Could Be [...]

BP chair: Sorry for ‘small people’ remark on Gulf – Yahoo! News. VENICE, La. – BP’s chairman has apologized for saying the company cares about the “small people” of the Gulf Coast hit by the oil disaster — a comment met with anger by those who say they are tired of the company’s executives making [...]

There is nothing to worry about, folks. I’m not worried because I’m a left-leaning libertarian veteran. Transparency. Just wait for it. Waiiit. (TNR, warning, etc.) [...] it may sound inevitable in retrospect, big breakthroughs like that don’t come along too often. Nowadays, though, Chu is betting that they will– and must. As the U.S. energy [...]

A career I could foresee myself holding. Hell, could be worse. Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. 365 ’til the next one, arrr. Libertarian arguments for McCain… wait, what? Gas prices affect everything. I have the same problem with all sci-fi series! The gap in the Pan-American Highway excites my adventure gland. Yes, [...]

McCain, Obama and Clean Coal: After you’ve watched federal policymaking for a number of years, you realize that the actual effectiveness of federal programs has absolutely no bearing on their survival or level of funding. That’s because the purpose of federal programs is not to solve problems, but to provide a menu of levers that [...]

From TMV: No sooner do I write a column defending Barack Obama from an unjust and, frankly, nonsensical attack, than I see him getting ready to slit his own parachute lines on energy again. Obama: Tap nation’s oil reserve to help gas prices LANSING, Mich. – In a reversal, Barack Obama proposed Monday that the [...]

Or something like that. GM desperately needs an obnoxious, attention-grabbing brand to keep from turning into a dreary shadow of its former self. And America needs the Hummer to remind us of what has always made our automobiles stand out, from the tailfin 1950s to the muscle car 1960s and ’70s: swagger. Americans don’t just [...]

My suspicions confirmed: A May study that examined housing values in five cities found prices had fared worse in more-distant neighborhoods. “The collapse of America’s housing bubble — and its reverberations in financial markets — has obscured a tectonic shift in housing demand,” wrote economist Joe Cortright in the study, sponsored by CEOs for Cities, [...]

I forgot to post this before: The problem is not that supply and demand is such a complex explanation. The problem is that supply and demand is not an emotionally satisfying explanation. For that, you need melodrama, heroes and villains. Too true. Everyone wants to blame a bad guy for their problems, not some boring, [...]

LOL. Pelosi doesn’t get it. Well, I think when I was on my way home this morning I caught the prices being anywhere from $3.47 to $3.55, but GA tends to have relatively lower prices than the rest of the nation. FYI, the comments that follow on Michelle’s blog are always worth a chuckle or [...]