Everyone wants a smoke’n car, but would a toke’n car be a good thing? A consortium of Canadian firms under … More
Category: History
Dear Eleanor, I’m Still Learning
Dear Eleanor, I recently reread YOU LEARN BY LIVING and was amazed by its wealth of inspirational quotes and its relevance … More
Earth To President Obama, Adding Speed To Our Death Spiral Isn’t Helpful
Happy Labor Day, Mr. President! Now can I give you some Main Street advice? Get yourself some new advisors. Maybe … More
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
Surrendering To The Worst
When it comes to the art of compromise in the political world today, the measure of success is visible good. … More
Serving a Corporate Criminal Culture
The National Republican Senatorial Committee has released a devastating ad against President Obama’s handling of the BP oil spill vs … More
~ Sometimes, One Graph Says It All
In the debate over April’s 290,000 jobs added VS April’s increase in the unemployment rate to 9.9 percent (which some claim … 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