"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
After decades of NIMBYs opposing it, Massachusetts will soon have 800 MW of offshore wind from Vineyard Wind. And, added bonus, the price is highly competitive. Massachusetts electricity users will save about $1.4 billion over 20 years from the first…
In the past few days I watched as a woman deleted all her tweets after her tweet about being queer generated hugely hostile reaction from Twitter goon squads. Another woman, a major Never Trumper, briefly stopped posting because her kids…
The Manafort trial starts next week. Manafort is accused of conspiracy, fraud, false statements, and more, and faces decades in prison. The evidence presented in the indictment is detailed and damning (PDF.) The trial will be headline news for weeks,…
A proposed bill in California would make it illegal for restaurants to give straws to customers, unless requested, with penalties including fines and jail. While this is a well-meaning attempt to cut plastic pollution – similar plastic bag bans at…
A severe drought combined with lackadaisical planning and little in the way of contingency plans recently created a serious water emergency in Cape Town, South Africa. This city of 3 million had to take drastic measures quickly to avert what…
Russian operative Maria Butina is being held without bail after being arrested for not registering as an agent of the Russian government. A whole bunch of Republicans are probably extremely nervous now, as she was busy busy busy infiltrating the…