Danish Plan

Mitt and the Bain thing

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About Mitt Romney and the Bain Capital thing: I’ve always admired venture capitalists. But not all venture capitalists are equal...

The president’s astonishing chutzpa

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President Obama has been flitting around the country intimating that U.S. natural gas reserves have tripled in the last three years as a result of his administration’s policies. His chutzpa is astonishing...

The green whine over U.S. gas exports

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When Russia took over the Crimea at the start of the month, there were widespread calls in Congress and among the chattering classes (including from me) for the U.S. to fast-track the export of natural gas and oil to Europe in order to lessen Europe’s dependence on ...

Ten years after 9/11

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Random thoughts on the 10th anniversary of 9/11...

Now playing in the star chamber: The impeachment of Donald Trump

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According to a story in the Washington Post, House Democrats want the whistleblower, whose complaint is the pretext for their impeachment inquiry, to testify...

Another year, another record and COP25

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Another year, another record. That’s the headline on a press release issued last week by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reporting that carbon dioxide levels...

The Donald (a whining loser) and the caucuses

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Donald Trump is howling like a stuck pig over getting his ass kicked by the Cruz campaign last weekend, which won all 34 of...

An open letter to Michaela Mujica-Steiner

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I read with interest your piece in the Dec. 13 Boulder Weekly (Re: “Déjà vu at U.N. climate talks”) about your visit to the United...

The Democrats don’t get the Tea Party

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  It`s pretty much settled Democratic Party theology that the Tea Party movement consists of little more than racist, angry white male knuckle draggers. Inconveniently, the stereotype is wrong...

A modest proposal to protect members of Congress

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I have a modest proposal for increasing the security for U.S. Congressmen without isolating them from their constituents anymore than they already are...

The welcome sign and a case of libel

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“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?”                      — Donald...

Trump’s victory and the price of cars

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When I first saw the headline on strategy maven Edward Luttwak’s piece in the Times Literary Supplement — “Why The Trump Dynasty Will Last...