Loren C. Steffy's Blog, page 27
January 4, 2013
Do we need a downtown retail task force?
The city's downtown retail task force is trying to override market forces, and that's not likely to end well for any businesses it does manage to attract.
`Promised Land’ courts controversy, doesn’t find it
`Promised Land' avoids the factual vacuity of "Gasland," but it tries so hard to be evenhanded that it winds up devoid of a point of view.
January 2, 2013
A fresh perspective on the fiscal cliff
We’re all getting a bit of fiscal cliff fatigue, but this recent TED lecture by Planet Money co-host Adam Davidson is worth listening to. He not only explains the consequences of our fiscal woes, but also offers a practical view of how we can solve them.
On the way to the fiscal cliff, we went broke again
We appear to be gearing up for yet another battle in which the political parties, after the fact, bicker over spending they already approved while leaving the spending that's yet to come unchecked.
What I’m reading with my morning coffee | 1.2.13
While we were busy avoiding the fiscal cliff, we hit the debt ceiling again. Up against the $16 trillion borrowing limit, the government moves to avoid default. U.S. energy security short-lived? A new study finds the U.S. economy remains vulnerable to global oil price shocks despite rising domestic production. That’s in part because, as the Read More
Fiscal courage? Look not to this Congress
Even with the compromise winning reluctant support in the House late Tuesday, Americans face the prospect of more protracted fiscal battles in the coming months.
December 31, 2012
Last minute deal averts fiscal cliff — for now
Just as it did for much of 2012, Congress seems to be preparing for a 2013 in which it embracing fiscal myth rather than dealing with ugly fiscal realities.
December 21, 2012
The fiscal cliff versus the fiscal myth
The fiscal cliff was a crisis of Congress' own making, brought on by its inability to address many of the same problems last year. The bigger problem, which lawmakers aren't addressing, is the lack of sustainable fiscal policy.
December 20, 2012
Will your data survive the end of the world?
This is a step beyond cloud computing. Call it cosmic computing.
December 19, 2012
California could edge out Texas in oil production
All of which is good for the country and good for the oil industry, as long as they don't start calling it California Tea.
