When I was at the Houston Energy Summit earlier this year the theme that ran the length and breadth of every presentation made was that of energy security. While the supply and pricing problems I’ve written about recently have not gone unnoticed in Congress, no concrete action has emerged from that body. Worse, Tom Friedman…
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Marc is a software developer, writer, and part-time political know-it-all who currently resides in Texas in the good ol' U.S.A.
Oil Supply Predictions
There are two divergent views about future oil supply in the market in the news, the doom and gloom and the relatively optimistic. Who to believe? Does it matter? Should the view to which we subscribe change our energy policy? International Energy Agency says that demand may outstrip supply: The Paris-based International Energy Agency is…
Democrats and Oil
America is way behind the 8-ball in terms of having a next-generation energy program. But instead of taking action, Congressional Democrats spent the day badgering oil executives about high gas prices and their personal compensation packages. Democrats like to talk about John McCain’s lack of economic know-how and not without some justification. But their own…
Clinton Voters Disenfranchised
Hillary Clinton is going down, down, down. But you’ve got to admire her tenacity. She said she was a fighter and we didn’t really believe her. But that description of her was an understatement. Speaking about Florida and Michigan, states whose delegates are not being counted: "there’s a reason why so many have fought so…
Partial Birth Abortion OK in Virginia
The New York Times says that a 3-person panel from the U.S. Appeals Court 4th Circuit has rejected the state’s partial birth abortion law, a ban modeled on the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act that was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court last year. Why did this happen? Seems like it should have been a…
Super-duper Delegate Scooper
Another day, another story about why Democratic superdelegates haven’t stepped into the Democratic primary battle like a referee, waived a battered Hillary Clinton to her corner on a TKO, and called the fight for Barack Obama. Here’s the best reason why not: American voters want to decide this spectacle – the most interesting and perhaps…
What Sort of "Ism" are You?
Vote against Hillary and it’s sexism, deny Obama’s hope and it’s racism, forget to vote for McCain and it’s ageism. Frankly I’m sick of it. Our criteria for choosing a candidate is our own concern and there’s no need for voters to justify themselves. Candidates and media alike are so thin-skinned it’s a wonder sharp…
Repression in Yemen
From the NY Times and Jane Novak’s Armies of Liberation blog comes the story of Abdul Karim al-Khaiwani, a journalist who is facing a potential death sentence tomorrow as a consequence of writing about the rebellion in northern Yemen that’s cost thousands of people their lives. Read the NYT article and Jane’s post, then consider…
Like This is Gonna Happen
The Jerusalem Post says that a "senior member" of President Bush’s posse said that Bush and Dick Cheney said that military action against Iran is warranted. In other news, the Chicago Cubs will win the World Series this year and al Qaeda has issued a public statement saying that the terrorist network is laying down…
The Left’s Pathological Fear of Reality
Lately some on the left have been working hard at revising downward Ronald Reagan’s legacy of ending the Cold War and creating the opportunity, since lost, for the first period of extended peace since WW II. The Soviet Union, Kathy says, was never a threat at all. In fact, the U.S. was the antagonist all…