Barack Obama has billed himself as a candidate that represents genuine change. However, his energy policy, which promotes the production of ethanol derived from heavily subsidized corn, belies that characterization. Obama has continuously announced his fervent support for the conversion of corn into biofuel which, as has been discussed here at the Imp, [...]
We mentioned this briefly before, and it bears repeating. If you’re in the NYC area, we highly recommend taking an evening in the next few days to attend at least a portion of the Toy Theater Festival that Great Small Works has put together for this weekend. There are many incredible performers who will be [...]
The US prison population is out of control. Canton, OH is about to pass a law that should help exacerbate that problem. It is expected that next week the town will make it illegal to fail to mow your lawn. Repeated violations could lead to as much as 30 days in jail. While there are [...]
It’s hard to maintain an appropriate level of outrage sometimes. There have been many cases of the Bush administration looking the other way wounded veterans are not given the quality treatment they deserve after their enormous sacrifices. Still, as the pentagon considers awarding purple hearts for psychological injuries, a Department of Veterans Affairs internal e-mail [...]
I’m not entirely sure that there is any political leverage to be gained by an endorsement this late in the game. Instead, John Edward’s endorsement of Obama can be seen more as a confirmation that, despite her wins yesterday, Hillary is not going to be the parties nominee. I expect we will see an endorsement [...]
We breathlessly shared a rumor that Netflix had a surprise in store, the ability to watch it’s collection of streaming movies online from an Xbox 360. While that has yet to materialize officially, today we celebrate as a new plugin for Windows Media Center allows the playback of Netflix Watchnow videos from the console. Though [...]
A decent respect for the opinions of mankind is all well and good, but what value is it if communication can not occur? The ability to easily share opinions is a hallmark of the digital age, but there are many who have great difficulty communicating at all. For one segment of that group, there may [...]
There are dictionaries, and then there is THE dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary is the ultimate guide to the English language. It’s history is fascinating, as documented in the excellent book, the Professor and the Madman. This weekend’s New York Times Magazine brought us an update on the great linguistic lexicon. Oxford University Press has [...]
Just in case you are getting dizzy over how wonderful things are now that Greenspan has declared the worst of the credit crisis over, remember that unemployment claims are at a four year high. There last count there were three million Americans filing for unemployment benefits. That number doesn’t even count everyone who is currently [...]
Of all the qualifications that one could have to lead this nation, why is it that we seem to keep coming back to the question of who you would want to have a beer with? Talking Points Memo has a quote today from Terry McAuliffe on Hillary’s recent photo op putting back a shot.
McAuliffe, asked [...]