Month May 2008

IVAW member refuses to deploy to Iraq

Sgt. Matthis Chiroux, who served in the Army until being honorably discharged last summer after over four years of service in Afghanistan, Japan, Europe and the Phillipines, today publicly announced his intention to refuse orders to deploy to Iraq. He…

Escrow on our home sale has closed

The escrow closed 16 days late, but it has indeed finally closed. Our house in CT has been sold. We’ve moved into our apartment near San Francisco now. Starting in July, Sue will walk across the street to the BART…

The eye of the hurricane

The worst of the “credit crisis” might be over, but the real effects of tighter lending, less capital spending, rising unemployment, and consumer defaults on credit cards and auto loans is just starting. By this viewpoint, the apparent slowing of…

New nuclear to be very expensive

The Wall Street Journal reports that new-generation nuclear power plants are going to end up costing quite a bit more than estimates. Not just a few percents, but double to quadruple, or $5 billion to $12 billion a plant. So…

Foreclosures. More than just numbers

Broken marriages, drug and alcohol abuse, increased violence, even suicide can be a result of foreclosures and losing a home. Sounds a bit like PTSD, doesn’t it? This is the human cost behind the current wave of foreclosures, which is…