With the resignation of Admiral Fallon, some people have become worried that America will attack Iran. However, I am sitting here in Tokyo, on the TV news, the yen has dropped below 100 yen to a dollar for the first time in 12 years, and is still in free fall. The last I […]

and harrrumphing over the negligible differences between Obama and Hillary, the all-out assault on America continues. The rule of law took another hit thanks to the spineless wonders we call, “Mr./Ms. Senator,” on the FISA vote. They kicked it to the House so they can do the dirty work and in the […]

While Cheeseheads revel behind Lambeau Field, eating Johnsonville Brats off the tailgates of their 11 mpg Chevy Tahoe SUVs, there is growing bi-partisan support for upping the federal tax on gasoline as much as a buck a gallon before the start of the NFL’s next season.  You might forget who won the Super Bowl by that time, but you […]

by Sasha
I am not going to blame this particular mess on all conservatives or even all Republicans, even though a series of Republican Congresses certainly have enough blood on their hands to be noticed. But the Democrats who meekly said “Yes Sir” throughout are quite as culpable.
I could easily spend 10,000 words on […]

Yes, I’m behind in my reading. That’s why I’ve just noticed that the October 2007 edition of Harvard Business Review includes a provocative article titled “Realizing the Promise of Personalized Medicine,” by which the authors, Mara Aspinall and Richard Maermesh, mean treatment tailored to an individual’s genetic profile. The argument for this type of treatment […]

First, allow me to ‘fess up. This piece was written in response to a debate on DemsAbroad, the Yahoo! Group list for members of Democrats Abroad. Since the issue affects us all, however….
I have been following with interest the debate over the desirability of having the market determine prices for health services. To deepen the […]

In his latest New York Times editorial Paul Krugman writes,
[The USA has] crossed an important watershed: we now import more manufactured goods from the third world than from other advanced economies. That is, a majority of our industrial trade is now with countries that are much poorer than we are and that pay their […]

Hydrogen, that is. If we’re looking for energy independence, element number one could be our number one choice.
It was a couple of years ago that reading Fueling the Future taught me to see hydrogen as a battery instead of a fuel. In contrast to fossil hydrocarbons whose supply is limited and whose burning a […]

Appropriately named after Dem icon “Tip” O’Neill, the downtown tunnel and elevated central artery urban planners thought would bring Boston into the 21st century has laid a golden egg.  Originally budgeted at $2.6 billion, the Apes say our nation’s most expensive highway project- ever- came in five years later at a cool $14.6 billion.  Brahmin John […]

While the Wall Street Journal tells us that the EPA has denied California’s request for a waiver that would allow the state to impose stricter environmental regulations on automobiles, Solar Daily tells us that the first U.S. plant dedicated to production of equipment for solar thermal power generation will be built in Las Vegas. The […]