Wall Street Journal (August 26)
“Energy common sense is in short supply these days, so all the more reason to cheer Japan for rethinking its flight from nuclear power.” Germany is currently debating whether to keep “its three remaining reactors online. Maybe Japan’s decision will prove compelling. “This should be an easy call as natural gas shortages loom this winter. Advanced economies need reliable base load power, and at least Tokyo understands this.”
Tags: Advanced economies, Base load power, Common sense, Debating, Germany, Japan, Natural gas, Nuclear power, Reliable, Rethinking, Short supply, Shortages, Tokyo, Winter
Chicago Tribune (December 23)
“From the standpoint of personal health, getting at least seven hours is just common sense. But a case can be made that sleep equals productivity equals a robust economy. So, for yourself and for the sake of our country, do your part for the gross domestic product.” A recent Rand Corporation study found that lost sleep negatively impacts the U.S. economy by $411 billion each year.
Tags: Common sense, Economy, GDP, Health, Productivity, Rand Corporation, Sleep, U.S.
New York Times (October 30)
The rising populism in Germany and around the globe “is not the anger of a classic loony fringe, but rather mainstream people striking out at elites who they believe have lost touch with reality and common sense. To many here, the refugee crisis, the euro crisis, the Ukraine crisis and the threats seen in an unleashed global capitalism have converged in a fundamental question: Do the mighty still know what they are doing?”
Tags: Anger, Capitalism, Common sense, Elites, Euro crisis, Fringe, Germany, Mainstream, Populism, Reality, Refugees, Ukraine
Financial Times (July 18)
“Pluto is indeed a heavenly body and deserves to be treated with full planetary respect.” It’s status as a planet should be reinstated. “Far from being the featureless frozen fuzzball visible from the most powerful terrestrial telescopes, Pluto turns out on close inspection by the Nasa probe to be an adorably colourful character…. Inside, too, Pluto has an unexpectedly warm heart, heated by processes that remain a mystery…. Pluto has all the attributes that common sense associates with a planet.”
Tags: Common sense, NASA, Planet, Pluto, Reinstated, Telescopes
USA Today (July 14)
“Raising the minimum wage can lead to higher corporate earnings,” writes Bill Gross, the founder of PIMCO. “Main Street is Wall Street’s best friend…. It is time to let common sense as opposed to the race for short-term corporate profits guide our economic future.”
Tags: Bill Gross, Common sense, Earnings, Economic future, Main Street, Minimum wage, PIMCO, Short-term corporate profits, Wall Street
