Everyone wants a smoke’n car, but would a toke’n car be a good thing? A consortium of Canadian firms under … More
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About Those Beaches And That Seafood…
BP announced on Friday that it is time to scale back clean up and focus on restoration. The Fed on … More
Dear Commander-in-Chief, The Oil Spill Is Winning!
Dear Commander-in-Chief: Mayday, Mayday, Mayday! It is day 81. The oil invasion is spreading. We will soon be surrounded by … More
More Oil, The Gulf Stream, Liability Caps and Environmental Exceptions
Have we created The Perfect Oil Storm? Don’t get me wrong, I’m an optimist by nature and a firm believer that … More
Words Failed
Growing up as a city girl in the midwest, my introduction to and early education about crude oil and its … More
Bring in the Criminologists
In May of 2009, Simon Johnson wrote in The Quiet Coup: If the IMF’s staff could speak freely about the … More
Facing Down the Wall Street Oligarchs (part 2)
And so the story of The Wall Street Oligarchs (part 1) and the Main Street Taxpayers, resumes with Simon Johnson, former … More
The Wall Street Oligarchs (part 1)
There’s been a lot of finger wagging at the unruly class recently. It seems we, the Main Street Taxpayers, have … More
Clunker Goals Get Clunker Results – Update
Trashing a vehicle is pretty easy to do. Of course, if your goal was to to have fun and still … More
Kaptur and Johnson Detail Wash & Wall Dysfunction
US Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and Former International Monetary Fund chief economist Simon Johnson discussed the state of the economy … More