The “Economic Miracle State” of North Dakota pumped another record amount of oil during the month of February at a daily rate of 558,255 barrels, which was an increase of 2.24% and 12,000 barrels per day compared to January, and … read more >

Rankings here from the Capital Free Press, blog post here introducing the rankings.  Carpe Diem ranks #25 out of 114.

Test your knowledge of the major political parties by taking the Pew Research Center’s short 13-question quiz. Then see how you did in comparison with 1,000 randomly sampled adults asked the same questions in a national survey conducted Mar. 29-Apr. … read more >

Sam’s Club — “To help communities get smart about brain health, Sam’s Club is providing free health screenings at all Sam’s Club locations with a pharmacy, Saturday, April 14 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for members and the public. … read more >

Natural gas futures prices fell below $2 per million BTUs today for the first time since January 2002.  On an inflation-adjusted basis, that’s the lowest price for natural gas futures in at least 18 years, going back to the beginning … read more >

1. Healthy polar bear count in northern Canada confounds the doomsayers.  There are 66% more bears than previous estimates, maybe more, and the population is growing, not declining. 2. Award-Winning Cuban Blogger Yoani Sanchez’s Acclaimed Blog (Generation Y, which gets … read more >