From the Bloomberg editorial “Energy Revolution Keeps Carbon on Top,” by Nathan Myhrvold, former chief strategist and technology officer at Microsoft and the founder/CEO of Intellectual Ventures: “A remarkable thing happened in Silicon Valley during the past decade. Venture capitalists … read more >

From George Will’s Washington Post column today (Mitt Romney, The Pretzel Candidate”): “Romney cannot enunciate a defensible, or even decipherable, ethanol policy.  Life poses difficult choices, but not about ethanol. Government subsidizes ethanol production, imposes tariffs to protect manufacturers of … read more >

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From Daniel Yergin’s editorial in today’s Washington Post (emphasis added): “For more than five decades, the world’s oil map has centered on the Middle East. No matter what new energy resources were discovered and developed elsewhere, virtually all forecasts indicated … read more >

2012 Mercedes E550 Coupe ($56,590) = 1 Year of College Top 25 Colleges for Tuition and Room & Board, 2011-2012 Rank College 2011-2012 Tuition,Room and Board 1 Sarah Lawrence College $59,170 2 Landmark College $57,330 3 New York U. $56,787 … read more >