Emancipation and (Self) Preservation
It is perhaps ironic in the extreme to take to the internet to extol the virtues of contemplation, and to do so while discussing a story that, by the time you read this, will be over a full day old (a...
View ArticleThe Party Line – August 12, 2011: Obama, Drew Westen, and Me
Watching Barack Obama deliver his jobs speech Thursday in Holland, MI, I couldn’t help but wonder if the president had read Drew Westen’s critique in last weekend’s New York Times. Under the headline...
View ArticleNuclear Regulator Adds Heat to 2012 Congressional Race
Congratulations go out this first week of the new year to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for giving Democrats in Ohio’s 9th congressional district a reason to come out and vote in their March 6...
View ArticleEnergy Innovation: Obama’s State of the Union a Frothy Mix of Promise and...
It’s an election year, another presidential campaign is upon us, and since it is going to be so very much upon us every day from now until November, it would be nice to find something about which to...
View ArticleScore One for Big Nuclear: Kaptur Bests Kucinich in Ohio Primary
Davis-Besse and its critic, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D OH-9). (photos: NRC & Rep. Kucinich) Fifteen-term House veteran Marcy Kaptur has defeated seven-term incumbent Dennis Kucinich in Tuesday’s...
View ArticleObama Sides with GOP Against Reid in Battle over Nuclear Regulator
In a move that could be seen as election-year expedience, a friendly nod to the nuclear industry, or a sign of a coming battle with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), the Obama administration...
View ArticleThe Making of an Evolution: Obama “Comes Out” for Marriage Equality
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Excuse me while I channel my inner Paul Harvey. . . So, it was weekend before the North Carolina primary–a ballot that includes the searingly homophobic...
View ArticleThe Thing That Couldn’t Die: Yucca Battle Continues in Congress and in the...
(low resolution movie poster reproduction via wikipedia) In the 1958 cult horror classic The Thing That Couldn’t Die, a young lass out water-witching (of all things) discovers a curious and ancient...
View ArticleDoes the Netroots Care about Nuclear Power?
Van Jones speaking to the faithful at this year’s Netroots Nation conference in Providence, RI – June 9, 2012. On Thursday, June 7, as hundreds of online journalists and activists gathered in...
View ArticleObama Drops Nuclear from Energy Segment of Convention Speech
Delegates react to President Barack Obama’s speech during the closing night of the 2012 Democratic National Convention. (Photo by Jared Soares for PBS NewsHour) Compare and contrast. When then-Senator...
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