Share Energy costs A multitool for power emergencies A reminder of how threatened our lives are by a power outage. Mar 8
Share Energy costsTransportation costs Leaf and Volt It's beginning to appear that all-electric cars do have net long-term benefits for the environment. Mar 3
Share InvestmentsVulnerability Why get out of debt? Does it make sense to pay off your mortgage at a time when job security is. . .Read More Feb 23
Share Jobs & education Ja, es ist die globale Erwärmung Global warming believers and skeptics have different emotional approaches. Why? Feb 18
Share Food costsWhere to live Keeping water safe – or just keeping it The Colorado River and the Ogallala aquifer are both drying up. Today they supply much of. . .Read More Feb 16
Share Housing and propertyTransportation costsWhere to live People will pay to walk Walkable, bikeable, transit-oriented mixed-use neighborhoods are predicted to be in demand, pushing up prices and encouraging. . .Read More Feb 8
Share AttitudesFederal taxes Social Security – an allowance from our kids Almost more important than what Social Security reform looks like is when it goes into effect.. . .Read More Jan 26
Share Energy costsFood costsHealth costs Good news about population growth Population growth has been pulling the rug from under per-capital improvements. Maybe that is about to. . .Read More Jan 25
Share Jobs & education Teaching kids to think – or not. How do US college kids learn critical thinking, complex reasoning - even how to write -. . .Read More Jan 24
Share Energy costsVulnerability Looking for impartial climate predictions Is a giant international insurance company an objective arbiter of climate change information? Jan 18
Share Energy costsHousing and property Snow storms and global warming – a connection? Planning our family's adaptation to a warmer planet is complicated by the fact that warmer winters. . .Read More Jan 6
Share InvestmentsJobs & education Shortages of metals, the prequel China's reduction of exports of rare earth metals could be the first of other shortages that. . .Read More Dec 29