Articles by David Roberts

More on Bush’s energy policy speech

Matt points to an interesting analysis of Bush's energy speech from last night, by Michael O'Hare. I'm not sure I agree with every detail, but it's hard to argue with the conclusion:

The energy policy of the Bush administration is to assure that its political base, namely the firms who know how to make money selling the fossil fuels we mostly use now, can go on doing so as long as possible. The political policy of the administration is to spend just enough nickels and dimes on real and fake alternatives to oil and coal to hide the policy. The implementation of these politics is an insult to citizens. And both the politics and the policy constitute an injury to future generations.

Cloture invoked.

Early today, the Senate voted 61-37 for cloture and confirmed Stephen Johnson as head of the U.S. EPA.

More on Bush’s energy stuff

Alan pretty much covered the bases, but if you want more commentary on Bush's just-announced energy initiatives, Jeff has a roundup pointing to Ezra Klein and Mike Millikin. I'd also draw attention to John Carey and -- with delight -- James Wolcott. (I don't often get to link to Wolcott here, but trust me, you may find better insight other places, but you'll never find better prose.)

Meanwhile, professional smirker Jonah Goldberg floats the idea of a gas tax on NRO's blog, is immediately pilloried by his arch-conservative readers, backs off, and then basks in the glory of the whole episode. Oy.

GOP to force Dems to release hold on Johnson?

Looks like the Senate GOPers may be looking to force a vote on Stephen Johnson's nomination to head the EPA.

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