Barack Obama should be the next president of America | It’s time | The Economist America should take a chance and make Barack Obama the next leader of the free world IT IS impossible to forecast how important any presidency will be. Back in 2000 America stood tall as the undisputed superpower, at peace with  Read more »

FT.com / In depth – World will struggle to meet oil demand By Carola Hoyos and Javier Blas in London Output from the world’s oilfields is declining faster than previously thought, the first authoritative public study of the biggest fields shows. Without extra investment to raise production, the natural annual rate of output decline is  Read more »

Why I Support Barack Obama – O’Reilly Radar Why I Support Barack Obamaby Tim O’Reilly In my talks this year, I have been outlining some of the world’s great problems, highlighting some of the things that are being done by technology innovators to solve them, and urging my listeners to “work on stuff that matters.”  Read more »

In 2009, the Christian Science Monitor will become the first nationally circulated newspaper to replace its daily print edition with its website; the 100 year-old news organization will also offer subscribers weekly print and daily e-mail editions.

This clever post and its sequel at My Fair Palin- A Musical Fantasia- Part Two were written by an old friend of mine living in Manhattan.  Its very clever and funny too.  Anyone who loves musicals will enjoy this pair of posts. Stansfield Blog: My Fair Palin- A Musical Fantasia- Part One As I’ve followed  Read more »