Richard Branson wants your money (but not to buy hair product)

Remember last year when Richard Branson tried to take over the failing British bank Northern Rock? That wasn’t a non sequitur. The famously daredevilish head of Virgin Group is really into financial services right now. We had a chance to talk about it while he was in town to announce his latest adventure: attempting to [...]

Can an “all of the above” energy policy really work?

Bryan from Houston writes: How about some elucidation on what both sides believe in terms of energy policy? Are the two sides really that far apart? Sounds like everybody is advocating the kitchen sink method…drill, nuclear, wind, solar, natural gas/hybrid cars….why doesn’t Congress just do it already? Bryan’s right that both campaigns sometimes sound like [...]