Memo to the 1%: Be Careful What You Wish For
In the late 1960s and early 1970s large swaths of American cities burned. It could happen again, and this time it might not be restricted to poor areas.
THE INVISIBLE HAND
IF THE INVISIBLE HAND OF THE FREE MARKET IS DEAD, HAS CAPITALISM BEEN BURIED ALONG WITH IT?
We now have more than enough evidence that the “invisible hand” does not exist, and it is time that this hoary belief is replaced by something better—a new contract between the general public, the wealthy, and the government.
The American Condition: The Party’s Over-Maybe for Good
By June of 2010 the GDP of the U.S. had recovered to a few percent higher that it was in the first quarter of 2007, while employment was five percent lower than it was in that first quarter. Why?
USA Today Magazine March 2011.
Blessing in Disguise
The real tipping point for civilization is the beginning of another Ice Age—not a world a few degrees warmer.
Falling into the Afghan Trap
USA Today Magazine (May 2009)
The U.S. is bogged down in tactical responses to Taliban initiatives. Little by little, the Soviet experience is becoming more and more relevant.
Goracle Gushings on Faith-Based Science
USA Today Magazine (January 2008) Goracle PDF
“We are about to waste an enormous amount of money and effort on carbon mitigation without lowering CO2 emissions one whit. The Goracle and his fellow travelers will carry the day.”
AL GORE won an Academy Award for his skillfully done film, An Inconvenient Truth. It was well-deserved. Had he given as good a performance during his campaign for president, he would have won in a landslide. As environmental drama, it only can be compared with Michael Crichton’s novel, State of Fear. Both have elements of scientific and political fact, and both are excellent fiction.
America’s Left Has Taken a Wrong Turn
USA Today Magazine (May 2007) (PDF)
Socialism, the Left, and its future in the United States.
The Left in the US is in crisis. It has lost the broad support it once enjoyed in the working class and finds itself captive to the past—or, worse yet, to an impotent radicalism. It no longer offers working people a political outlet for their interests, but only a means of protest about issues that are not central to their lives.
Can the Clash of Civilizations Produce Alternate Energy Sources?
USA Today Magazine (January 2007) (PDF)
In the Summer of 1993, Samuel Huntington introduced an apt phrase into the lexicon of futurologists: “The Clash of Civilizations.” While the clash that is developing between the Muslim world and the West is indeed cultural, it is driven by the economics of energy and, in particular, oil.
Desert Diplomacy: No End in Sight to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Oil and Blood: Saudi Arabia and Iraq
Saudi Arabia is the key to containing the terrorist menace, assuring stability in the Gulf, and keeping the oil flowing at a reasonable price.
USA Today Magazine: March 2006 (pdf): Oil and Blood-SaudiArabia and Iraq