Mexico’s drug war — The Big Picture — Boston.com In December of 2006, Mexico’s new President Felipe Calderón declared war on the drug cartels, reversing earlier government passiveness. Since then, the government has made some gains, but at a heavy price — gun battles, assassinations, kidnappings, fights between rival cartels, and reprisals have resulted in over 9,500 deaths since December 2006 — over […]
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America’s Best Places For Alternative Energy — Forbes.com The “cubic mile of oil” – a metric roughly equivalent to the amount of oil consumed worldwide each year – is frequently used to explain the challenge facing solar, wind, geothermal and biomass power. So what would it take to replace the amount of energy in a cubic mile of oil? Roughly 4.2 billion […]
xkcd: Election ...
I actually know the feeling here!
I’m a Christian and I’m voting for Barack Obama on Tuesday (in large part) because of his stance on life issues. I had intended to write a longer post about how I think a pro-life stance must be holistic, incorporating not only the issue of abortion, but I have not. So I will be borrowing words. […]
I started looking up high-fructose corn syrup after those dubious propogandacommercials about how “everything’s OK guys.” (I agree with the poster of the video that it does seem akin to a tobacco commercial.) Turns out it’s worse than I thought. I knew that import tariffs made sugar expensive and have driven producers to use corn […]
Palin hits Obama for ‘terrorist’ connection — CNN.com Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Saturday slammed Sen. Barack Obama’s political relationship with a former anti-war radical, accusing him of associating “with terrorists who targeted their own country.” Palin’s attack delivered on the McCain campaign’s announcement that it would step up attacks on the Democratic presidential candidate with just […]
NPR: Palin, Biden As Visual Poets The audio of the debate isn’t music. But, here is a bit of visual poetry based on the candidates’ utterances during the debate via Wordle. Well, NPR beat me to the idea, but I’m glad someone did it. For the record, here are McCain’s and Obama’s from last week’s debate.
One wonders whether the Democrats, and Senator Obama, ever had any intention of delivering this bailout, or whether they always thought there was more to gain, politically, from letting the package die on the House floor. JohnMcCain.com — Where Was the Leadership? What bothers me about this article is that it doesn’t paint a complete picture. According to […]
It’s election season here in the United States, and there are a number of big issues facing our country, especially as we look back on the last 4÷8÷12÷16 years and where they’ve brought us. So a few weeks ago I asked about keeping up with politics. I’m interested in balanced opinions that clearly address issues while […]
Fundamentals ...
I’m gathering, from my reading here and there, that most people don’t know that Herbert Hoover famously declared that the “fundamental business of the country” was sound. (Can it be “famously” if most people don’t know it? Never mind.) That partly explains why Republicans seem eerily compelled to echo Hoover; they don’t know what it makes […]
