What Does the Nuclear Weapons Customer Want?
stuff I wrote elsewhere
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Food Prices Remain Stable
The runup in global food prices seems have stabilized for now, according to the weekly Economist food price index. It’s a 254.5 this week, down 3.5 percent over the last month, but still up 57.9 percent over a year ago.
George Will is a Hack
Those in my profession like to argue that the due diligence associated with journalism’s formalisms is what sets our work apart, gives it its credibility and substance. Which is why I reserve special outrage for what George Will did this week. In a column published Thursday, Will repeated a theme he has touched on before …
The Sheet Metal Screw Fairy
We have a bit of a mystery at our house. This time of year, I usually walk around barefoot. But lately I’ve been wearing sandals because of a puzzling problem. Sheet metal screws keep appearing on the floor of our house. It started by the back door, between the door to my office and the …
Kids are great
From Clovis, NM, a relatively rural town that’s a mix of Air Force and farming: Student editor-in-chief Maggie Chavez and staff member Jessie Hardison said Thursday the decision to feature homosexual couples was made after much consideration and discussion by the staff. “We just wanted to show that there is a diversity. There (are) gay …
She’s a Witch! Burn ‘Er!
David Appell notes more evidence for Appell’s Theorem: As Oil Prices Rise, Nations Revive Coal Mining By MARTIN FACKLER BIBAI, Japan — These rugged green mountains, once home to one of Asia’s most productive coal regions, are littered with abandoned mines and decaying towns — backwaters of an economy of bullet trains and hybrid cars.
more reader love
In which readers try to top one another in a game of “I pay the most for gas.”
green cities
stuff I wrote elsewhere
Orszag on the “Safety Valve”
CBO’s Peter Orszag on the economics of putting a safety valve in a cap-and-trade bill: One option for allowing firms flexibility in determining when to reduce emissions while also achieving compliance with a cumulative emissions target would be through setting both a ceiling—typically referred to as a safety valve—and a floor on the allowance prices …
plan out your propaganda
David Appell (who got me hooked on climate blogging in the first place) has some wise words regarding the latest bit of back-and-forth on climate change and hurricanes: Clearly more study is needed. Give the scientists time to do their jobs before you plan out your propaganda.