Posted in Politics and Economics on May 19th, 2008 4 Comments »
You know you’re in trouble when a politician begins an essay this way:
Skyrocketing energy prices have left most Americans with pinched wallets and anxiety about how to make ends meet. To address this problem, Democrats and Republicans must work together to find real solutions to our energy problem.
The last part is one of those [...]
Posted in Politics and Economics on Dec 31st, 2007 1 Comment »
The NYT asks an easy question:
What if at the end of Thursday, the three leading Democrats — John Edwards, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Senator Barack Obama — are separated by a percentage point, or even less, leaving no one with the clear right of delivering a victory speech, or the burden of conceding? A [...]
Posted in Politics and Economics, Space on May 19th, 2007 No Comments »
I’ve been following this story in various areas of this weblog and the news has perhaps spread widely now on the I-84 imbroglio. Edmund Mahony of the Hartford Courant reports:
The transportation department paid the now defunct L.G. DeFelice construction company about $52 million to build the redesigned, 3.5 mile stretch of I-84 in Waterbury [...]
Posted in Politics and Economics, Space on Apr 24th, 2007 No Comments »
A couple of depressing items in the paper this morning, both having to do with hypertexuality. The first has to do with I-84 in Connecticut and the corruption of road building. The FHA will be withholding 5m in highway aid until CT comes up with a plan to fix whatever problem needs fixing near Waterbury. [...]