Last week, I noted a December story from the New York Times regarding the shrinking global supply of food. That story was buried in section C. Today’s Times carries a more prominent piece on the global shortage of food oil, palm oil particularly. Like the earlier piece, this story highlights the competition between the first […]
I was in an upscale restaurant Sunday night and the waitress was giving the specials and she described the fish special as “water fish.” “Excuse me?” I said. “What’s water fish?” “Oh, that’s pollock. It’s a white fish, light, flaky….” “From the Atlantic or Pacific?” “Gee… I don’t know….” For the record, pollock is not […]
I should have known and checked on Saturday. The Bush administration, top to bottom, releases bad news on Friday. This rule even applies to fairly obscure agencies like the Energy Information Administration, which updated its world oil supply and demand numbers Friday. The news is bad once again. (To see the numbers, click here scroll […]
A friend tipped me off to a small story from last month’s New York Times: “World Food Supply Is Shrinking, U.N. Agency Warns” You’d think it would be front page news, but it was buried in the section C. Food prices are spiking, especially for the world’s poorest people. Global warming is causing crops to […]
The Washington Post is reporting this afternoon that various telephone companies have cut off FBI wiretaps when the bureau failed to pay its bills, one as high as $66,000. The FBI, which has trouble keeping track of guns, computers and evidence, pleaded administrative incompetence. So, either: Telephone companies don’t mind unconstitutional breaches of citizens’ rights, […]
Lost in the Hospital
In a small northern city in the middle of the winter, it seems like the middle of the night when you arrive at the hospital. Everything is dark and cold, but the parking garage is alive with activity as couples and families pull one small bag from the trunk and lock up their cars. If […]