"Victory" is when you have successfully achieved your mission. In 2002, we were told that Saddam Hussein had amassed stockpiles of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs), that were a "Growing and gathering threat to our safety and security". If we did not...

A "Stalking Horse" is a horse that has been trained to stand in front and draw attention away from the hunter. This phrase has entered our language to describe an issue that is intended to draw attention away from real issues. Proponents of the "Stalking ...

The PROBLEM is that we are burning up oil as fast as the world can pump it out of the ground. The PROBLEM is that it has been thirty five years since OPEC whacked us between the eyes, and told us that we were at the mercy of a bunch of evil tyrants who...

When Bob Dole was running for President, he asked the oilman T. Boone Pickens to head up his campaign in Texas. In return Pickens wanted to write the energy policy that Dole would put forward. Dole replied "Right there, on the floor, that's a sleeping d...

For most people, "Being Green" is a matter of throwing the pop can in the recycle bin. Not a bad thing to do, but is that going to fix the planet? We ridicule the dinosaurs by referring to anything obsolete as a "dinosaur". However, the dinosaurs wer...

We could solve the gas crises tomorrow! That's right, literally, tomorrow. And no, it's not complicated, not difficult, it doesn't require enormous sacrifice or investment. The average driver, without replacing the car they have, and without changing the ...