Climate change will bring more powerful storms
NASA scientists have developed a new climate model that indicates that the most violent severe storms and tornadoes may become more common as Earth’s climate warms.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Day September 1, 2007
A Demon of Our Own Design: Markets, Hedge Funds, and the Risks of Financial Innovation
Author Richard Bookstaber, a hedge fund “rocket scientist”, presents a scary scenario in Demon of Our Own Design. Today’s financial markets are so complex and tightly coupled that a tremor in one area can have massive, unexpected fallout in another.…
Hollowing out continues
The Department of Justice is hurting for money and prosecutions are down. Why? Because of a shift from crime fighting to combating terrorism, including 100 lawyers and personnel who are in Iraq helping that government. The hollowing out of the…