A GOOD QUESTION: Would global warming be so bad? Myself, I've never heard a satisfactory answer.

SMART STANDARDS for the smart grid. Unfortunately, there’s no standard for “No (control).”

THE NEW YEAR CANNOT COME TOO SOON: Voters elected Republicans to end Obamaism, not expand it.

MORE YEARS wandering in the desert.

Small businesses, like my 53-person outfit, see no reason whatsoever to do anything but hold tight to our cash for the next two years.... This is not fear; rather it is a rational business approach to having low confidence in future conditions.

The next election is only 2 years away. Will business continue to sit on the sidelines? I fear they will unless the next Congress aggressively moves against the current administration.