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Daily Archives: May 15th, 2008

Appeasement is not Hardball

15-May-08

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews helps a rabid Kevin James understand what the word appeasement means.

Matthews eventually pointed out the difference between talking with your enemy and appeasing him. Talk does not have to be weak; that’s why there’s a phrase like playing hardball.

FT: The market sets high oil prices to tell us what to do

15-May-08

The Peak Oil story is starting to get more attention. Financial Times columnist Martin Wolf takes a look at the problem.

So what should be the response to these simple realities? Here are some obvious “do nots” and “dos”.
First, do not blame conspiracies by speculators, oil companies or even Opec. These are the messengers. The message [...]