Latest Stories by Kennedy Maize


Eco-Catastrophism and Cloud Cuckoo Land

Washington, D.C., February 12, 2014 – As Valentines’ Day approaches, here’s a love note to the environmental movement. It has done so much over the past century-and-a-half to call attention…


Book Review: Fury of the Fifth Angel

Washington, D.C., February 2, 2014 – Imagine, a techno-thriller for power geeks and grid gurus? Well, that’s just what the father-son team of Pat and Chris Hoffman have delivered in…


Let the Vogtle DOE Loan Vanish

Washington, D.C., January 21, 2014 – Sorry, I confess I just don’t get it. Why is the Department of Energy still negotiating with the Southern Company for a below-market loan…


LaFleur for FERC Chair, Hempling for the Vacancy

Washington, D.C., January 13, 2014 – The Obama administration could avoid a patch of trouble this icy season by naming Cheryl LaFleur, acting chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,…


Senate Energy Committee Transformed?

Washington, D.C., January 3, 2014 – Senate Energy Committee Chairman Mary Landrieu? That’s likely in the second session of the 113th Congress, with the Louisiana Democrat moving up to take…


Why Britain Didn’t Beat the U.S. to the Atomic Bomb

Washington, D.C., 15 November 2013 -- The literature about the development of the atomic bomb, its use against Japan, and subsequent developments, is extensive and rich (including my own book,…