I was going to put together a matrix showing where the remaining candidates stand on various energy policy issues.  In the course of researching it, I found that other people have done this already so I will just link out to these sites. The best I could find is from Grist’s Election ’08 series. They  Read more »

Ideas Matter! – Volume 4 I wasn’t sure I would have time or the inclination to do today’s Ideas Matter! post because of the Super Tuesday primaries yesterday.  But someone directed me to what may be one of the most important documents ever released by a major energy company.  Every three years or so The  Read more »

Ideas Matter! – Volume 3 One side effect of writing this series of blog posts is that I have found myself digging a bit deeper into the history and written record of candidates that I normally wouldn’t have taken the time to examine.  This presidential election, the second in the twenty-first century, is the first  Read more »

Ideas Matter! Volume 2 This rather lengthy segment is on Education.  Alan’s comment about our educational system having been dismantled made me want to dig into a candidate’s position on education.  Most of the crop of 2008 Presidential candidates sound like clones, but one stood out in my reading so I included it here: I  Read more »

Ideas Matter! – Volume One After a discussion over on BC today, I started wondering how many people are actually paying attention to the words coming out of politicians mouths as opposed to the "look and feel" of a candidate.  Today someone said about Mitt Romney, "I do not want him as President, no matter  Read more »