Green Party ballot access in 2020 hampered by COVID-19

Green Party ballot access 2020

Green Party ballot access is taking a huge hit this campaign season because it can’t get on state ballots in the normal way, which is by gathering signatures. That’s not going to happen in our stay-at-home COVID-19 world because it…

NextEra Energy to add $1 bn energy storage in 2021

NextEra Energy, the world’s largest producer of solar and wind power, will invest $1 bn in energy storage in 2021. Their plans for renewables are unaffected by COVID-19. They are dropping retail prices temporarily to help consumers, and say there…

30 years clean and sober today

Thirty years ago today on Earth Day, I stopped doing drugs and alcohol and returned to Planet Earth. For anyone having addiction problems, you can do it too. One day at a time. When I tell people how much I…

Why aging COBOL systems are hard to upgrade.

Hint: Crashing federal and state systems is not the fault of modern COBOL, which is quite robust and runs lots of mission-critical systems just fine. The real problem is for decades management didn’t want to spend money on training or…