Month December 2009

Dave Barry’s year in review: 2009

A few excerpts The economy continues to stumble. General Motors, which has sold only one car in the past year — a Buick LaCrosse mistakenly purchased by an 87-year-old man who thought he was buying a power scooter — announces…

Obama as corporatist

Credit Writedowns ponders whether Obama is a “sellout, bamboozler, or ingénue,” and decides Obama is a corporatist. Not that it makes much difference because the outcome is the same. The evidence, therefore, tends to demonstrate that we have witnessed an…

Wind power could power ski areas

A test site in Pennsylvania by Mass Megawatts Wind Power could be a major step towards industry-scale wind power for ski areas. Many ski resorts have adopted more sustainable operating practices as a matter of survival, and the shift to…

Guerrillas in the Diplomatic Midst

Andy Carling interviews Canadian diplomat Daryl Copeland Rethinking international relations: Meet a guerrilla diplomat Daryl Copeland has served in the Canadian Diplomatic service for almost three decades and has traveled on six continents as a backpacker. He sees the traditional…