Inside Rick Santorum’s Head

Inside Rick Santorum’s Head

Rick Santorum is the latest darling of the most extreme of the GOP’s extremist voters. Here’s just an earful of this guy’s moral piety. Let’s start where it all starts for us humans: conception. Not only does Santorum insist that life begins at...
Fracking Perils

Fracking Perils

Folks, I’ve got some good news and some bad news about the nation’s ever-elusive quest for a sound energy policy. The good news: Finally there’s some under-the-radar bipartisan consensus in Washington. The bad news: Both parties are dead wrong. This...
Cheering Obama’s Wise Tar Sands Choice

Cheering Obama’s Wise Tar Sands Choice

We cheered when the Obama administration formally denied a federal permit for the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline put forth by Canadian oil giant TransCanada. The 1,700-mile pipeline would have run through six states, carrying toxic, highly corrosive tar sands...
Fukushima Is So Yesterday

Fukushima Is So Yesterday

Wonder if Our noble nation; Is that safe From radiation. Nuclear power may be bad for your health, but it could be great for investors’ portfolios. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) isn’t about to blow the whistle on the industry’s shortcomings...
A Recipe for Climate Action

A Recipe for Climate Action

I relocated to California for several weeks last year to avoid the dog days of summer in the nation’s capital. During my sojourn, state officials announced that they were closing Los Angeles’ infamous 405 Freeway — America’s busiest highway — for a...