United States Ambassador to Mexico since 2021
Jim McTague uses his latest “D.C. Current” column in Barron’s to re-examine President Obama’s re-election campaign promise to focus on creating jobs. Back in 2011 and 2012, while he was…
Pretty incredible NYT review of ‘A Sea in Flames’, Carl Safina’s book on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. I’ve read the Times book review long enough to know that it…
In New Orleans, U.S. District Court Judge Martin Feldman overturned the Obama administration’s six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling projects (PDF of decision here). In the process, he slapped down Interior…
Byron York‘s latest Washington Examiner article explains that President Obama’s interest in wind power might explain his decision to ignore risks associated with drilling. The Minerals Management Service, which is…
In all the talk about whether a White House job was or was not offered to Pennsylvania Rep. Joe Sestak if he would drop out of his state’s Democratic U.S.…
I was taken aback when I first heard White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs used this phrase to describe the administration’s attitude about the petroleum giant (then again, Gibbs graduated…
In Colorado, where I lived until recently, state officials are doing their best to kneecap the “old energy economy” as they pursue their green dreams. The administration of Gov. Bill…
Michael Barone suggests the choice of Sen. Ken Salazar as the next Interior Secretary signals that President-elect Obama wants to avoid another Bruce Babbitt in the post.
You may have seen the video of Sen. Ken Salazar rejecting even a $10 per gallon trigger to allow drilling. You may know that Republican Representatives are still on the…
Although Salazar is running ahead of Coors in Colorado, which would have to be a disappointment for the Republicans.