Pissing on our shared history
In ten days, we will begin the celebration of our country’s Bicentennial. But instead of taking the opportunity to come together as a nation, we will undoubtedly use...
The vain fantasy of total media control
It’s a mistake political junkies frequently make. Consumed with the ins-and-outs of day to day politics, with the 24-hour telenovela of who said what, where, to whom and how, we tend...
Quote for the Day
Those defending Alvarez Paz shield themselves behind concepts of freedom of expression. But are citizens free to go on live national television and accuse the president of a...
Why 2010 isn't like 2004
Looking at Keller’s brutal long term public opinion tracking chart, one thing stands out: it’s not quite true to say that Chávez has never gone into an election...
Pollmageddon: Keller Edition
Alfredo Keller’s First Quarter 2010 Poll fleshes out just how bad the polling atmospherics facing the government. This slide, in particular, is worth pondering: a straightforward "nature of...
Spot the difference
The ongoing microphone wars between Enrique Mendoza and Julio Borges, and between Yon Goicoechea and pretty much everyone else, are not pleasant sights. They are the natural consequence...
The View From Your Electric Bill: 6 cents/kWh in La Paz, Bolivia
Continuing our series on world electric charges, we get to La Paz, Bolivia, where a kilowatt hour sets you back 0.41 bolivianos, or about 6 US cents. ...
The View From Your Electric Bill: 11 cents/kWh in Jacksonville, FL
Continuing our series on electricity pricing and the Venezuelan electric crisis, we find out that, in Jacksonville, Florida, they pay 11 cents a kWh…what do Venezuelans pay? Send us...
The View From Your Electric Bill: 13 cents/kWh in Michigan
Here’s a revolutionary insight: maybe underpricing leads to overconsumption! Could that have anything to do with the electric crisis in Venezuela? You tell us. In Michigan, you pay...
The View From Your Electric Bill: 7 cents/kWh in Montreal
As the electricity crisis deepens in Venezuela, it strikes me that one basic variable is missing from this whole discussion: price. In all the back-and-forth about drought and...
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