Interesting - New Nuke Plants?

Looks like there may be some new nuclear plants in the US in the fairly near future.

North Korea update

Well, maybe not making progress today. Or maybe there is some and this is a smokescreen. The tone is completely different than previous articles I have linked.

Life’s little coincidences

I was reading this article when I suddenly realized that Roseanne Cash was doing a live session on XM radio. Weird timing. She’s doing “Black Cadillac” right now as I type this.

The Goliath factor

This is a very interesting take on the United State’s role in the world. Instead of the evil empire so many on the left assume us to be, maybe we are the de facto world government. A very well written opinion piece.

H/T Chequer-board

The New York Times and it’s double standards

Well, it’s not just the blogosphere noticing the NYT’s skewed reporting. Nationally syndicated columnists - real live “professionals” are also noticing. It’s about time. It’s even on *gasp* CNN…

When the Times is in favor, the leak is by a “courageous whistle-blower” When the Times is against it the leaker is a “partisan hack”.

Money, politics and corruption

All politics are local, right?

What about when the Locals engage in politics? This is pretty blatant.

All lobbying and campaign contribution laws need to be cleaned up, at all levels.