Is this the Clean Coal we were promised?

The New York Times has an in-depth article up today about increasing pollutants in American drinking water. It’s a long article, so if you have time read the whole thing, but their audio slideshow is pretty impressive.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/us/13water.html?hp

The Citizen’s Inaugural Ball

As the Inauguration Planning Committee works, they should keep in mind the distributed nature of the Obama campaign. In past inaugurations, like the one I went to in 2005, the celebrations matched the size and the demographics of the base of support for the winning candidate. The last inauguration’s biggest ball, the Texas-Wyoming Ball, was [...]

The end is not near… ¡Ojalá!

So, tonight we get the results of the Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Vermont Primaries. Up until now, Barack Obama has won the last 10 Democratic contests and most people think that Hillary Clinton needs to win both Texas and Ohio in order to feasibly continue running for president. Right now, the political markets and [...]

New Hampshire: Obama; Nevada: Clinton?

If they were writing an SAT test today, that might be a correct response. Right now most people are expecting Hillary Clinton to carry the day in the Nevada Caucuses, but there are a lot of unknowns floating out there that may make the polls wrong once again. First, caucus type primary elections are very [...]

Whoops! – An Inauspicious Beginning

First the results from last week’s New Hampshire Presidential Primary:
Democrats: 39% – Clinton; 37% – Obama; 17% – Edwards; 5% – Richardson; 1% – Kucinich
Republicans: 37% – McCain; 32% – Romney; 11% – Huckabee; 8.5% – Giuliani; 7.7% – Paul; 1.2% – Thompson
Clinton might make me cry…
Let me admit up front what is now painfully [...]