Huffington Post and multiple news sources reporting: Geraldine Ferraro, a Democrat and the first major female vice presidential candidate, passed away on Saturday, according to multiple reports on a statement released by her family. Jeff … [Read more...]
Archives for March 26, 2011
Race and the racist
Since I'm a big white guy from the south, people often feel comfortable in confiding their secret racist thoughts to me. Sometimes it's just a racist joke or two. Sometimes it's a snide remark about Al Sharpton or Charlie Rangel or … [Read more...]
US Tax Policy “Winning” – General Electric
What is particularly illuminating about The Week article is that rather than just blame GE, it lays out various opinions on whom to blame for this sweet arrangement. It's not enough to just blame GE. We do have the highest … [Read more...]
A Worst Case Scenario at Pilgrim Nuclear: A Picture Speaks a Thousand Words
These control zones would have existed all the way from Rhode Island to Portland, Maine. This is what a nuclear disaster would look like for the region. For our region -- the place where we live and breath every day. This is what would … [Read more...]