Month August 2011

Dewatering the desert. Don’t drain Nevada

Las Vegas is at it again, trying to grab water from anywhere it can, this time from rural Nevada and Utah. Considering that 50% of all water is used to generate electricity, how about Vegas demonstrates they are serious about…

‘Dr. Doom’ Roubini. ‘Karl Marx was right’

Economist Nouriel “Dr. Doom” Roubini, the New York University professor who four years ago accurately predicted the global financial crisis, said one of economist Karl Marx’s critiques of capitalism is playing itself out in the current global financial crisis. “Karl…

Our do nothing White House

The Obama “strategy” for 2012 is to appeal to independents by passing ineffectual bills or maybe take a daring step and work for tax incentives. Yup, that’s it. Doing nothing for Main Street or job creation continues to be their…