So Far From Green, So Close to Brown: Why An Alternative Energy Future is Slow in Coming

Quick! What type of world did you imagine when you were a kid? Did you foresee yourself darting about in a hovercraft much like the cartoon family in the Jetsons? Vacationing on the moon? A lean, mean greener world? How is it that we find ourselves these many years, decades even, down the road and …

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What Raindrops Tell us About the Emergent World Order

We've been on the path to globalized trade so long now that it is possible to imagine what the future may look like. Is yesterday's conspiracy — the New World Order — tomorrow's reality? This column compares an abstract subject to something most of us are far more comfortable with: raindrops.

California Voters: Choose Your Pain May 19

What happens in California is by no means confined to California. The world's fifth largest economy depends on getting the answer right when voters go to the polls Tuesday, May 19. Californians need to reconsider the validity of popularly opposed propositions. Here's why: