| May 17, 2010 | Economy / BusinessThe poet who said April is the cruelest month obviously didn’t know about our May. As the month began, that unpronounceable Icelandic volcano kept spewing out tons of black smoke, soot, grit, acidic gases, and all manner of obnoxious things. Airports in Spain,...
| | Environment / HealthSuddenly, we’re relearning the painful lesson that when technological solutions combine with corporate promises, we often get a toxic mix. This lesson is literally oozing over us in the form of the Gulf of Mexico’s disastrous oil slick, brought to us by...
| May 13, 2010 | Environment / HealthIn introducing the American Power Act, one would think that Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) would be mindful of the various public relations disasters the industries favored in their bill had suffered in recent weeks. In short order, we had an...
| | Environment / HealthI’m a little surprised that President Barack Obama hasn’t gone all-out in trying to control the BP oil disaster. Oh, I’ll grant you that he’s gone down there and rallied the fishermen to the cause and sent out the Coast Guard. And he’s...
