Today’s links to interesting news and analysis, collected from around the Internet. If you find this useful, pass it to a friend or colleague.
- “Natural Gas in North America: A Panacea to Replace. Imported Oil?“, J. David Hughes, Global Sustainability Research, 14 September 2009
- “What the Frack? Natural Gas from Subterranean Shale Promises U.S. Energy Independence–With Environmental Costs“, Scientific American, 30 March 2010
- More about the evolution of Europe by its new citizens: “Sweden: A new hotbed of hatred?“, Toronto Star, 15 March 2010
- Interesting analysis of the Supreme Court’s real role in our political regime: “Why Law Should Lead“, Justin Driver, The New Republic, 2 April 2010
- “Violence Helps Taliban Undo Afghan Gains“, New York Times, 3 April 2010
- “Judging for Dollars“, Adam Skaggs, The New Republic, 3 April 2010 — “If you’re worried about what ‘Citizens United’ will do to congressional races, just wait until you see what it does to the justice system.”
- “Marjeh One Month On“, Joshua Foust, Registan, 4 April 2010
- A warning about state/local finances from someone who knows: “The Municipal Market“, Rick Bookstaber (Senior Policy Adviser at the SEC), his blog, 4 April 2010
- “Root, Root, Root for the Owners… Is Baseball a Fading Allegory for the Fading American Way of Life?“, Robert Lipsyte, TomDispatch, 4 April 2010
- Becoming 2 nations, again: “The Perils of Polarization“, William Galston, The New Republic, 5 April 2010
- “Urgent Cash Flow Update“, Wendy Greuel (Controller for the city of Los Angeles), 5 April 2010 — “The City General Fund will be negative $10 million on May 5.”
- About the use of force in foreign affairs: “On the Relative Strength of Horses“, Andrew Exum (aka Abu Muqawama), Center for a New American Security, 5 April 2010 — About Lee Smith’s new book.
- “Hamid Karzai: What Do We Do About This Man?“, Patrick B. Pexton, National Journal, 5 April 2010 — Esp read the replies by Col. W. Patrick Lang, Michael Brenner, and Steven Metz.
- “California’s $500-billion pension time bomb“, David Crane (adviser to Gov Schwarzenegger), op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, 6 April 2010
- “Exxon Paid Zero U.S. Income Tax In 2009, While Big Oil Defends Billions In Senseless Tax Subsidies “, ThinkProgress, 6 April 2010
- The headline is Street-speak for “the Greek bond market might implode if the EU and IMF don’t help soon”: “Greece Sets 10 Year Bund Spread Level For When Total Pandemonium Breaks Out At 450 bps“, Zero Hedge, 6 April 2010
