Thoughts on Van Jones
September 9, 2009Leave a Comment
If a cat is an animal, does it follow that all animals are cats?
If we listen to news today, it would seem so. If a mom doesn’t want Obama talking to her kids, and she lives in Texas, then everyone in Texas doesn’t want Obama talking to their kids. If Van Jones considers himself a [...]
HR 2454: 10 popular myths
July 8, 20094 Comments
Ten Myths of Waxman Markey.
On June 26th, HR 2454, The Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, passed the house. More commonly known as Waxman‐Markey, the bill has spawned myths on both sides of the aisles. Here are some of them.
Myth1: The bill calls for billions–maybe trillions–in clean energy spending. We cannot afford it.
The billions [...]
The Economy Is Still at the Brink
June 15, 2009Leave a Comment
A New York Times OpEd, by SANDY B. LEWIS and WILLIAM D. COHAN, questions current wisdom about how to restore the capital markets and U.S. standing in the world. They question what they see as the business-as-usual approach and advocate a top-down and bottom-up restructuring. They focus on transparency and accountability, both of which they [...]
Being Wrong About Greed
March 17, 20092 Comments
Edward M. Liddy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AIG, should be wrong. Here’s why.
Liddy believes that AIG will not be able to “attract and retain the best and brightest talent to lead and staff the AIG businesses” without retention payments-bonuses. His stance shows an alarming cynicism about his staff. While he is taking $1 [...]
Soros takes aim at the bear market
January 28, 2009Leave a Comment
George Soros: “The American consumer can no longer act as the motor of the global economy.”
Supporting change?
January 20, 2009Leave a Comment
During the conventions, no candidate stood their ground and made the challenges of climate change – with all its attendant solutions, jobs, money and international benefits – the centerpiece of their campaign. President Elect Obama appears to have the will. Do we have the will to support him?u
Cars cars cars: What would you do?
December 31, 2008Leave a Comment
Now how can we really say what “The American People Want” when the American People are bombarded with our own messages about what the American People should want. I love the notion of the “average person” in a country where the richest of us makes 200 (or more) times what the least of us makes.
Balancing the unbalanced
December 1, 2008Leave a Comment
what are the steps we can take that will encourage the industries-manufacturing-that will help us start to import less, and hopefully export more? There’s some light on the horizon. The new administration’s ambitious agenda for 3M jobs (up from 2.5M a few weeks ago) bodes well for an increased pressure to make things and to make things in the US.
Drilling our way to Cowboy Heaven
October 28, 2008Leave a Comment
Times are really treacherous. Major banks and investment houses have lost their footing, and real wages have not risen for middle Americans in over eight years. The good news is that there are opportunities in solutions to global climate, fiscal and political challenges. Drilling fixes none of these, and may well postpone real action until we no longer have the choices we have today.