Max Gladwell

The Green Movement needs a framework and a set of guiding principles upon which we can all agree. As Patriots of the Green Revolution, we’re calling for a Constitutional Convention for sustainability. We’re calling for a gathering not unlike the origins of the greatest nation the world has ever known, The United States of America. [...]

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Where we find a kindred spirit blog in Canada. The term just occurred to us. It made sense. We’re Eco-Libertarians. So we thought it would make for a great domain. Lo and behold, it was already registered to David Reevely, who’s an “editor and sometime writer for the Ottawa Citizen” according to his blog, EcoLibertarian. [...]

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In order to bridge the gap between liberals and conservatives on the environment, we should look to Objectivism and frame the issues accordingly. Who is Max Gladwell? If you’ve answered that question, then you know the name was partly inspired by Ayn Rand’s magnus opus, Atlas Shrugged, and her Objectivist philosophy. It’s fitting on many [...]

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General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler are seeking $50 billion in low-interest federal loans. But don’t call it a bailout. First there was the subprime crisis and Bear Sterns. The U.S. government bailed out the investment bank to the tune of $29 billion because it was too big to fail. Investors lost a ton of dough, [...]

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Democrats and Republicans outline a compromise on offshore drilling that largely moves energy policy in the right direction. Can it pass? If so, will Bush sign it? The Democrats picked the wrong battle at the wrong time with offshore drilling. It should never have been allowed to become a so-called wedge issue because it’s effectively [...]

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