New Orleans Yes, you heard me say it: thanks, President Trump for not throwing one of those big ones at Iran and starting a war. After a period of crazy back-and-forth with Iran, fueled by mouth-breathers like John Bolton and other hawks, Trump has been transparent that he made the decision not to pull …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Rules and Standards need Umpires
Houston Sometimes we find surprising light in dark corners. At least, that’s how I felt reading a kind of weird conversation between two, seemingly random, people as an op-ed in the New York Times. It turned out this was a kind of bizarre experiment of sorts from one of their opinion writers, Charlie Warzel, and …
Power Drains and Climate Change
Houston A head scratcher for me around climate change has always been the issue of how much energy we waste in the slips between the cup and the lip, so to speak. Oil pipelines lose from 5 to 10% by some estimates in leakage from inadequate maintenance, breakdowns, and, for those following the issue in …