The results of our latest S&R poll are in. At the end of this year, will regular unleaded gasoline prices: exceed $5 gallon? (77) hover north of $4 a gallon? (48) exceed $6 a gallon? (42) hover around $3 a gallon? (8) drop substantially under $3 a gallon? (5) Thanks for your vote. Our new […]
Archive | June 11, 2008
The Weekly Carboholic: Catch-22 for carbon capture and solar thermal
Catch-22: a problematic situation for which the only solution is denied by a circumstance inherent in the problem or by a rule <the show-business catch-22:no work unless you have an agent, no agent unless you’ve worked – Mary Murphy> If you’re at all familiar with business, you can probably think of countless times when the […]
Four simple steps to solving the NBA's persistent ref problem
I don’t write about sports issues here very often, but … let’s make an exception for this one. The NBA is in the news big time today, and not because of last night’s Lakers win over the Celtics. Former referee Tim Donaghy, convicted of taking bribes and betting on games he officiated, has now alleged […]
The big story with the least MSM coverage? (Guess again.)
What big story received less overall mainstream media coverage than Dennis Kucinich’s introduction of 35 articles of impeachment against President Bush? What same story of critical impact to our First Amendment rights got even less attention than last week’s Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report confirming that the Bush administration “led the nation to war on false premises”?
Politicians play general, generals play politics (part 3)
We engage Military.com columnist Jeff Huber in a wide-ranging discussion that begins with his new novel, Bathtub Admirals. Pitch Bathtub Admirals to prospective readers as if you were trying to interest an agent in representing you. In the background we see the bizarro world version of historic events: the Cold War, the Tailhook scandal and […]
S&R Honors
Click here to learn more about past honorees...- Atheists in heaven? Vatican spin machine leaps into action
- I-5 bridge collapse: reflecting on our crumbling infrastructure
- UPDATED: Pope Francis says atheists can go to heaven: Sweet Jesus! The College of Cardinals done elected a hippie
- Magic Hat vs. West Sixth brewhaha: will MH win the battle that costs them the war?
- WordsDay: Postmodernist Xerism at it most discontentedly hopeful…
- Mystery Unraveled: How a white, moderate, married, churchgoing, middle-class, middle-aged woman could vote for Obama
- An open letter to Burt Rutan, regarding his WSJ commentary on human-caused climate disruption
- Meet the men of Match.com: Really, guys, are you serious?
- Climate scientists still besieged
- Pelosi on Bush: “He’s not worth impeaching”
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Frank Dilatush: If I accept your premise that the majority of poor…
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elfkat: Reblogged this on Adventures and Musings of a Hedg…
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Bret Higgins: You know me, mate, I checked out every link!…
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Samuel Smith: I hear you. I'm reminded of the WC Fields edict: I…
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