Day February 17, 2008

Dreams stifled, Egypt’s young turn to Islamic fervor

Stymied by the government’s failure to provide adequate schooling and thwarted by an economy without jobs to match their abilities or aspirations, they are stuck in limbo between youth and adulthood. In their frustration, the young are turning to religion…

Matthew Simmons on Peak Oil

Matthew Simmons, chairman of energy industry investment bank Simmons & Co. in Houston, spoke to Bloomberg News in Jan 2007 about how we need to prepare for peak oil now. Not only is production lessening across the planet, the vast…