Month: August 2009

Maybe I am the only person in the world to not be surprised by the announcement of July 8th by T. Boone Pickens when he announced that he would “temporarily” put his plans to build the world’s biggest wind farm...

In part one of this series we looked at a possible reason why Mr. Pickens abandoned his plans for the worlds biggest wind farm. It explored a possible connection between water pipelines Mr. Pickens wants to build and legislation...

One of the difficulties with writing about the health care debate in this country is figuring out what scale you want to use to examine it. A lot of people are looking at the art of negotiation. For example, it’s pretty...

It’s a long, but beautiful, drive from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia. I have just completed the trip and will write a few pieces over the next few days about what I saw and learned at the Netroots Nation conference. I am very...

make a note, “Health Care Reform” is now “Health Insurance Reform”.   it was officially re-branded today by president obama in his op/ed in the nyt: Why We Need Health Care Reform…a misleading...