Pity New Jersey.  The state has an identity crisis, overshadowed by New York.  It’s the rear end of constant jokes.  Television gave it plenty of exposure—thanks to The Sopranos.  Its politicians always get caught up in corruption scandals, including the one last week that even ensnared some rabbis!  But there’s more to Jersey than the [...]

We can wax philosophically, on and on and on, about the instability “big oil” has engendered throughout the world:  Hugo Chavez’s regime in Venezuela, corruption in Nigeria, sabre-rattling in Russia, and oh yeah . . . the Middle East.   However, there’s one region that could become a huge geopolitical tinderbox in a few years:  [...]

Last month I mentioned that the future of alternative energy could hinge on investment from big oil.  Well, it’s certainly looking that way.  (more…)

Oil companies are easy targets. Well, first of all they are big, we see their logos everywhere, and we can picture folks like Dick Cheney and his cronies in an underground secret conference room, plotting to pollute the world while lining their pockets, laughing like Heath Ledger’s Joker while they conspire to sabotage any new [...]

Green is the new black—hip, cool, sleek. To some it may be the new blue—depressing if you read about the continuing trends in global warming, pollution, and environmental damage our lifestyle are creating in the world. I guess to some it’s the new red—if you’re to believe the price tag that all of these newfangled [...]