Sarah Palin wrote an op-ed on Cap and Trade the other day. You know, just in case you hadn't heard. Aside from sending lefties into a tizzy about her actual "authority" to write an op-ed, it was good to see her actually put her energy knowledge to use. She does a pretty solid job outlining...
When Beltway insiders hear the phrase "the nuclear option," their minds may turn to the judicial nomination process and the rarely used procedure to end filibusters by majority vote rather than the typical 60-vote margin. But these days, the term just as easily may refer to the role of nuclear...
During the election, then-Senator Barack Obama was often compared to the last Senator to reach the Oval Office, John F. Kennedy. News stories and tabloids publicly wondered if Obama would bring forward another round of "Camelot", the sarcastic prestige that surrounded what many considered to...
One of the greatest movie villians ever to chew the scenery once said there is a "Klingon proverb that tells us revenge is a dish that is best served cold". There is a similar proverb, probably not Klingon though, that tells us a Week in Review post is best served with bullet points. Am I the...
Russia has an energy problem and what it is doing about that problem strikes me as both interesting and frightening. Russia is planning a fleet of floating and submersible nuclear power stations to exploit Arctic oil and gas reserves, causing widespread alarm among environmentalists. A prototype floating...
During the campaign, John McCain often made jokes about the French when he was talking about the nuclear power debate. I remember watching him at a town hall in Youngstown, Ohio where he said, in regards to nuclear power, “I'm asking you to emulate the French, which goes to show you that if...