Posted on Nov 13, 2018 | Comments Off on RIP Dr. Herb London: A Fine Conservative, A Great Man
In late 2014 I came downstairs from my home office and said to my wife, "Herb London just left me a message.""Is he any relation to Stacy London?" she asked in her offhand humor way. Well, yeah, she is his daughter, if you are from California, but if you are of my generation and from anywhere near the orbit of New York, you know who Herb London is. And Herb London was getting a return phone...
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Posted on Nov 12, 2018 | Comments Off on If You Hate Trump Thank…1960s Canadian Urban Planning Policy?
A new analysis links urban planning decisions - the freeways and local schools outside cities that made the suburbs possible - from decades past as why right-wing populism exists. They created their correlation by looking at voting trends up to 2010 in in the Toronto area and matched them to people moving out of the city. As the desire for a yard and a house increased, politicians...
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Posted on Nov 12, 2018 | Comments Off on If You Hate Trump Thank…1960s Canadian Urban Planning Policy?
A new analysis links urban planning decisions - the freeways and local schools outside cities that made the suburbs possible - from decades past as why right-wing populism exists. They created their correlation by looking at voting trends up to 2010 in in the Toronto area and matched them to people moving out of the city. As the desire for a yard and a house increased, politicians...
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Posted on Nov 10, 2018 | Comments Off on Former NRC Head Gregory Jaczko Says Union Of Concerned Scientists Is Wrong On Nuclear
Gregory Jaczko, Ph.D., has a degree in theoretical physics, a hatred for nuclear power, and a love for his former boss Senator Harry Reid of Nevada - which is why Reid lobbied so heavily to get him placed as Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The Chair of the NRC, tasked with managing nuclear energy in America, hated nuclear energy? Yes and he still does, but despite...
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Posted on Nov 9, 2018 | Comments Off on There Was No Blue Wave In The Mid-terms, Nor Was There A Green One, But There Was A Youth One
Many trial lawyers hoping for new revenue streams suing over increased regulations woke up disappointed Wednesday morning, as were politicos and journalists hoping for a stern rebuke of President Trump. There was no Green Wave, nor was there a Blue one.read...
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