Bipartisan Soapbox
A friendly conversation on politics, economics, family and sports.
Monday, August 5, 2019
Amazon v Minimum Wage and Plastic Bags
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Eli, In 2018 about 2% of my groceries were purchased via Amazon. Year-to-date in 2019 about 10%. I'm pretty sure I'm behind the cu...
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Trump v. Pelosi
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Eli, One of the valid criticisms of President Trump is his style of speaking. It's inarticulate, garbled, jumbled and often difficult ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Game of Thrones v Fox News
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Eli, The Game of Thrones (boring) finale attracted 18 million or so viewers. This is far from the 106 million viewers for the season final...
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Hydraulic Fracturing
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Eli, From the EIA today : Natural gas has about 1/2 the carbon emissions as coal and also emits few SOx andNOx. Because gas has overt...
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
U.S. crude oil production grew 17% in 2018, surpassing the previous record in 1970
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Eli, Tom Wicker in the NY Times, March 2, 1977. Today's article from the EIA U.S. crude oil production grew 17% i...
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Democrats Embrace Racism
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Eli, ‘It Just Went Poof’: The Strange Aftermath of Virginia’s Cascade of Political Scandals, from the NY Times points out Ralph Northam i...
Monday, March 25, 2019
Dueling Climate Narratives
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Eli, From Reuters via the NY Times: Climate Change's Fingerprints Are on U.S. Midwest Floods: Scientists. Also from the NY Times. ...
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