Month February 2008

McCain and Huckabee tonight

Most the states McCain has been winning are states that go Democratic in the general election.  So, McCain is actually even weaker than his anemic numbers show. Couple that with Huckabee’s unexpected strength and the Republican race seems to be…

Stock market down big today

The ISM number was the reason. It measures the service sector. Anything less than 50 signals contraction. Last month was it was 54.4. The expected number was 53. Instead, it was a devastating 44.6. The service sector contracted sharply and…

Areas most at risk of climate change

Scientists have identified nine “tipping points” of irreversible climate change ranging from disappearing ice sheets to the Sahara and Indian monsoons becoming erratic and northern forests dying. Cheerful stuff, huh? But don’t despair: the researchers suggest — perhaps a little…