April 28, 2011

Wanted: Energy Realism

Sadly, the misfortune surrounding the massive earthquake and consequential damaging tsunami that breached the Fukushima nuclear reactor storage facility is very likely to disrupt the gradual move of the world and US toward the use of nuclear energy. ...

March 28, 2011

High Speed Delusion

Last Tuesday, March 22nd,  saw two Obama high speed rail shills, hapless Illinois Governor Quinn and the loyal, ebullient,  camera centric Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, shamelessly announcing with pride, the next phase of the so called Chic...

January 29, 2011

Illinois Death Spiral

The Illinois pension fiasco continues to plague the state with embarrassment and near-fatal fiscal consequences. Late Monday, January 24, Governor Quinn confirmed that the Illinois State Pension System and state officials connected with it are subjec...

December 11, 2010

Delegating the Presidency

The hallmark of our democracy is the peaceful transition of Presidential power following an election. These transitions are well planned, seamless and with the presence of comity. Last Friday, we witnessed a different sort of Presidential transition,...

November 3, 2010

New Sheriff in Town

Sometime in the early evening, Tuesday, November 2, 2010, we received confirmation that a tidal wave of new Republican members would be elected of the US House. While not unexpected, there it was, and it is a profound opportunity to restore sanity to...

September 1, 2010

The 'New Normal' for the economy

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August 23, 2010

Retry Blago!

To retry or not retry, that is the dominating debate surrounding the recent trial, or should we say, mistrial, of ex Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. It is not a debate among federal prosecutors, but it is among observers, pundits and the political...

August 16, 2010

What's in a name?

A recent CNN business news headline "Oracle sues Google over Android" struck a nerve and posed a deep question from one of my frequent correspondents, part time philosopher and good friend. "Just when did it all start to go wrong"...

July 25, 2010

It's About Our Poverty Stupid!

One may believe the current, passionate debate in Lake Bluff, IL is about the need to repair or replace an outdated, and soon to be an unfit municipal swimming pool. It is not; it is about our poverty. It is hard to believe that bucolic, Norman Rockw...

January 18, 2010

Improve National Security with Quality Assurance Principles

It may surprise you to learn that national security could benefit from standard Quality Assurance (QA) measures and processes, widely used today throughout the business and manufacturing worlds. When QA systems are faithfully followed, effectiveness ...