Month February 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…

The lines meet

Obama pulls ahead on Pollster’s poll of polls for the first time. The sniping between the Obama and Clinton is definitely getting a bit pitched. But then, the hard right and libertarians seriously dislike McCain. So there’s plenty of internal…