Articles by David Roberts
David Roberts was a staff writer for Grist. You can follow him on Twitter, if you're into that sort of thing.
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Hilarious
Sam Stein: “Expert Support For McCain-Clinton Gas Plan Appears Nonexistent“ Stein’s not kidding, either — he looked for experts who’d support it. No luck.
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A candidate finally discusses public transit … at a random lunch
So I’m looking at this pool report from a run-of-the-mill day in the Obama campaign. Barack and Michelle dropped by to have lunch with an Indiana couple, Mike and Cheryl Fischer. Mike works in Amtrak’s Beech Grove shop, as his family has for generations. Notes the report dryly: "No news." But I scan down a […]
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On God and gas
“God is the only one we can turn to at this point. Our leaders don’t seem to be able to do anything about it.” — Rocky Twyman, who is organizing “pray-ins” at San Francisco gas stations, asking God to lower gas prices (via Streetsblog)
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Unlike McCain and Clinton, Obama would have us capitulate to Gas Price Terror
Gas prices are high, which is the worst thing that’s ever happened in the history of America, dating back to the time of the dinosaurs. It’s a violation of the spirit of the Constitution of Independence as written by Jefferson Davis. We must declare preemptive war on gas prices before they destroy our freedoms, which […]
