March 26, 2008
Written by: Stephen Gold
Trusting the marketplace is "out" and regulation is "in." So suggests a front-page Wall Street Journal story on March 24. "The idea that less regulation is better for the economy has held sway in Washington since the Reagan administration," the...
March 20, 2008
Written by: Stephen Gold
Not many in the business community would readily call the EPA "rational." So let me be among the first. Inside EPA (subscription only) and eNewsUSA both report that the agency that brought us regulation without cost-benefit analysis has determined the...
March 19, 2008
Written by: Stephen Gold
Spent the morning dealing with an issue that can always use more attention: the generational divide, and the hefty challenge of attracting and retaining younger employees in our workforces. Neil Howe, noted author and demographics expert, was the keynoter at an...
March 18, 2008
Written by: Stephen Gold
We know buildings are energy guzzlers -- the US Green Building Council says buildings account for 2/3 of electricity consumption and 1/3 of energy use in this country. Now we hear that North American buildings release more than 1/3 of the continent's...
March 11, 2008
Written by: Stephen Gold
More dire news on the environmental front, according to the WaPo. (So what's new?) Two recent journal articles - one in Geophysical Research Letters and the other in Global Biogeochemical Cycles - warn us that humans have to cut our...
March 4, 2008
Written by: Stephen Gold
Another big day in the presidential primary process, with candidates facing off in Ohio and Texas. Much has been made over the past few months about the different delegate rules in each party, with the Democrats using proportional representation and...
