Month February 2010

Reviving nuclear power

President Obama this week announced a revival of the nuclear power industry with the first new planned new nuke plant in more than 30 years.  Obama promised loan guarantees of more than $8 billion. Why can’t a nuclear power plant…

Fallout from Dubai

With each passing day more information becomes available in relation to the operation and how it was carried out. This includes the near certainty that it involved the cooperation of a high level Palestinian informant or informants in passing on…

Conservative economist calls for UK to get IMF bailout

Of course, he wants the blame everything on the Labour Party. But still, conservatives aren’t generally is favor of massive bailouts. The situation is getting dire. “When the rating agencies say they’re looking at your AAA rating, the markets are…