Joe Costello has decades experience in politics, energy, environment, and communications. Traveled and worked across the planet. Long a student of democracy, its demise, possible revitalization.
All ya gotta do is start I've been trying to put together a long piece on production as industrial fetish, but its distressingly slow. In these times of contention, as an always recovering news addict, my mind's a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought, cascading
Evgenia and Yasha put up the book talk we did recently in New York City. I enjoyed very much. Michelle Shocked led off the evening with two great songs; Steve Goodman's City of New Orleans and her song Pompeii. Michelle's on the road playing - highly
I just wanted to add a couple oil numbers that are important. The United States is not oil self-sufficient. We still import, using EIA numbers from 2023, take them for what you will, 8 million barrels a day. Only ten percent comes from the Persian Gulf, while half comes from
Hey all you city-fucks it's a prairies man world It's wide 0pen I have a Twilight Zone sense of things these days. A person walking around a world changed, but no one sees it. To this point, the US reaction to Trump's Idiocy has
A few months ago did the above interview with long and dear friend, ecologist, historian, and Tree Media founder Leila Conners. Video is on Tree+. Leila knew Gorbachev. Gorbachev allowed the peaceful dismantling of the Soviet empire, doesn't look like any lesson learned. The US seems determined to
“My friends, whoever has experienced disaster understands that when a wave of trouble breaks over mortal men, they are inclined to be afraid of everything, and then, when good fortune blows their way once more, they start believing that this same good luck will keep on blowing them success forever.
FT headlines this morning: "Morgan Stanley and Cliffwater limit private credit withdrawals" "Investment fund questions valuations in Blue Owl’s private credit portfolio" "Partners Group sounds alarm on private credit default rates" And "Goldman executive says private markets clients ‘glad’ about Iran war
"Woe unto you hypocrites! You travel sea and land to make one convert, and when he is made, you make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves." The bankruptcy of the American political class happened slowly, then all at once. Today, one of our always far
As I walk through this wicked world Looking for light in the darkness of insanity I ask myself is all hope lost? Is there only pain, hatred, and misery? As I walk on through troubled times My spirit gets so downhearted sometimes Where are the strong? Who are the trusted?
Just step sideways from this place today Don't let it beat ya Don't let it whip ya Just step right round this futurist world today The world’s definitely turning faster these days. Jesse Jackson left the building. The whites in Chicago always disliked him, for
L’affaire Epstein continues to roil the political world. The NYT has an article titled, or is it entitled, “The Epstein Files and the Hidden World of an Unaccountable Elite.” Now, that’s rich. The entirely unaccountable NYT, vice unmatched, pointing fingers at their readers. They should provide a list
De heathen back dey, on de wall SUBSCRIBE I don’t usually recommend reading the NYT, but there’s a good piece about the Security State in the Age of Nixon, though despite Bob Dole’s tear-filled requiem, there never really was an Age of Nixon. The piece concerns Mistah