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Exactly one month ago, President Obama announced that he will proceed with offshore oil exploration as part of his broader energy plan. In addition to funding the development of alternative energy sources like wind, solar and biofuels, the plan will open up a chunk of the Atlantic coast of the...

Two years ago, I was cycling through a small town on my way into some nearby mountains. As I approached an intersection, a car passed me, then abruptly turned right, blocking my path. I slammed into the side of the car and when I ricocheted onto the pavement, I fractured my T10 vertebra. Several...

For most of us, the stress of filing our income tax return is subsiding and we can get on with the usual business of figuring out how to pay our regular monthly bills. But what will surely continue beyond tax day is the strange co-opting of the Boston Tea Party by the anti-tax Tea Party...

It's not easy being Monsanto. At least, not this year. While remaining the undisputed colossus of food and agriculture -- think Microsoft with even less competition -- Monsanto reported that second quarter net income declined by nearly 19%. Don't shed any tears for Monsanto, though. In actual...

There's a scene from the old John Candy movie Summer Rental in which Candy and his family order a dish called "Sully's Catch of the Day" at a seaside restaurant. The dish is advertised as being freshly caught, lightly breaded and sautéed grouper, but it turns out, it's just frozen fish...

I'm mildly ashamed to admit that I was perusing a competing blog the other day and was consequently shocked to notice on the front page a banner headline and gigantic photo warning that if you don't buy health insurance under the new law, armed IRS agents in full riot gear will storm your...

My daughter starts college in the fall. I don't mind prefacing here that I'm only 38 and it seems like I just finished college myself like, you know, yesterday. So the fact that my wife and I started a family so early has meant that we're behind the curve in terms of saving for college and staring...

Try not to choke on your coffee, but the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected that the Obama administration policies would dump $9.7 trillion onto the national debt by 2020. The projected national debt by 2020, according to the CBO, would top $20.3 trillion. Yeah, that's a lot....

One of the most important components in the success or failure of a major corporation (or "person," according to the Supreme Court) is its ability to legally pursue anyone who dares to challenge its hugeness. Several weeks ago, after writing about agricultural giant Monsanto, arguably the "big" in...

This week, a fleet of 150 brand new full-body imaging scanners, devices that use "millimeter waves" to see through clothing to detect hidden weapons, were shipped out to airports across the country. The first devices of this batch will appear at Boston's Logan and Chicago's O'Hare. So if you happen...