Max Schulz: Americans consume lots of myths with their energy

Six myths about America’s energy use
Energy is central to virtually every activity from sun-up to sundown, yet Americans hardly know much about it. Though we use various sources of energy to power and illuminate our day-to-day lives, we are fairly ignorant about many of the basics of our ( Read more... )

"Think health care is expensive now? Wait 'till it's free." --P.J. O'Rourke

Everyone needs to take half an hour and watch Dead Meat a film about Canada's free health system so often heralded as the pinnacle of western civilization and sensitivity. It isn't very long, take the time and think about the implication of those cheerful socialist ( Read more... )

San Diego to Ban Wal-Mart Supercenters

This sort of thing has been tried at least twice before, once in Chicago, which apparently didn't make it, and again in Turlock, this is mentioned in the article above but I can't find any unblogish reference to it.... Wal Mart has a case to overturn the decision in the courts, I doubt they'll actually make ( Read more... )

I guess the President hasn't destroyed the economy after all:

Dow Industrials Pass Record-High CloseSep 28 10:09 AM US/Eastern ( Read more... )

Apparently the Good old USofA has made a major oil find in the Gulf of Mexico. One of the other articles I read says that this could represent a 50% increase over our current oil reserves... big news for big cars. But it looks like it will still be awhile before this find can significantly impact the price of gas at the pump, but it is definitly ( Read more... )

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Heard the Good News?By Michael Barone ( Read more... )