Climate: Too Big a Problem to Get Excited About

Last week the Democrats in Congress agreed with no apparent debate to forget about trying to do anything to preserve climate stability this year, and, in effect, to move the issue to the back burner.  In the widely-quoted words of Senator Claire McKaskill: After you do one really, really big, really, really hard thing thatContinue reading “Climate: Too Big a Problem to Get Excited About”

Obama Hits McCain with Another Clean Shot

Barack Obama is making a big push in Florida, greatly aided by a $40 million campaign, and a monumentally stupid — politically speaking — quote from John McCain in this month’s issue of Contingencies (see here). According to John McCain: Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide competition, as we have doneContinue reading “Obama Hits McCain with Another Clean Shot”