Dear Recession, You’re Not So Bad

Christian Science Monitor, August 25, 2008

Dear Recession, there has been quite a bit of commentary about you recently, nearly all of it bad. Just about everyone wants to see you gone. But I believe that where the business cycle is concerned, if you cannot be with the one you love, you should love the one you’re with. I want to talk about your good qualities.

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The Only Way to Kick Our Oil Habit

Christian Science Monitor, September 18, 2006

At the risk of becoming the most unpopular person in the suburbs, I have to admit that my feelings about the recent discovery of a vast new oil deposit beneath the Gulf of Mexico are mixed. The new find, in what is known as the Jack Field, will sharply increase US oil reserves. That is a good thing. Our dependence on Middle Eastern oil is far too great, given the region’s instability. The new find may also sharply decrease the price of gasoline. That is the part that bothers me.

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