~ First You Laugh, Then You Cry

Yesterday oil industry executives from BP, Halliburton, and Transocean were on Capital Hill to give Senate testimony on what happened … More

~ BP and the Art of ‘Just Business’ Practices for Profit Containment

Friday night, the containment box that was the best hope for slowing down and funneling oil from BP’s Deepwater well … More

A weekend storm that dumped fifteen inches of rain in 48 hours has left Nashville and middle Tennessee devastated by … More

Have we created The Perfect Oil Storm? Don’t get me wrong, I’m an optimist by nature and a firm believer that … More

Growing up as a city girl in the midwest, my introduction to and early education about crude oil and its … More

Spring is in the air and the wafts of prosecutions that are coming from the Justice Department and the office … More

In May of 2009, Simon Johnson wrote in The Quiet Coup: If the IMF’s staff could speak freely about the … More

If you want to make millions the easy way, this would seem the way to go: But, if you want … More

According to Medicare’s Office of the Actuary (that’s in the department of Health and Human Services) The Affordable Care Act … More