Jack Spencer

Steven Weber's One Episode on 'Desperate Housewives'

Aceshowbiz.com (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008

This American actor plays briefly as a widower in the new season of the series.

Ten point plan to sustained reemergence of US nuclear power

Seeker Blog (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008

Jack Spencer’s “top 10 list” is worth a read. Spencer’s list is mostly common knowledge to those who study energy policy, but includes such as “Open doors to legal immigration of skilled labor” — i.e., expand the H1-B visa program. The US in particular is in a world of hurt to meet the demand for [...]

Jack Spencer

Ektopia (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008

Some very unusual photography by Jack Spencer.

Oil Crisis Pales in Comparison to EMP Threat

Bob McCarty Writes (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008

The ongoing oil crisis pales in comparison to a recently-identified threat slowly catching the attention of reporters and think tankers alike. In the opening paragraph of a Wall Street Journal Online opinion piece published today, readers were asked to use their imaginations and envision a frightening choice facing terrorist enemies of the United States (think Iran): Imagine [...]

Saving the NPT and the Nonproliferation Regime in an Era of Nuclear Renaissance

The Heritage Foundation Papers (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008

Testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade

Nuclear Power Needed to Minimize Lieberman-Warner's Economic Impact

Global Warming Skeptics (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008

This is a very good commentary for everyone to read There is a Top 10 List for a Sustained Reemergence of Nuclear Power later in the commentary Hawaii Reporter Nuclear Power Needed to Minimize Lieberman-Warner's Economic Impact By Jack Spencer, 6/5/2008 1:13:51 AM EXCERPT: Anxiety over human-induced global warming is driving the debate over energy policy. The Lieberman–Warner climate change bill (S....

Jack Spencer

Reflections In The Bean (Free subscription) | 06/01/2008

Jack Spencer solo show opens June 6 - July 12 at Catherine Edelman Gallery. This looks like a good one...

A Carbon Diet Needs a Healthy Serving of Nuclear Energy

Pajamas Media (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008

Eliminating our dependence on oil and coal is only part of the clean energy equation. It's time that the United States gets serious about nuclear power.

Nevada News & Views - May 2, 2008

NoisyRoom.net (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008

From Citizen Outreach: By: Chuck Muth VOUCHER DEMAND HEATING UP IN OHIO “Applications for Ohio’s state-funded private school vouchers grew nearly 29 percent for the 2008-09 school year, according to final tallies by the state Education Department. Statewide, 10,245 students applied for the EdChoice scholarships, which pay up to $4,375 for eligible K-8 students and $5,150 for [...]

A Monumental Waste Of Time (And Your Money)

The Corner (Free subscription) | 03/31/2008

The federal government's nuclear-waste management program has proven to be a big waste of time and money, says the Heritage Foundation's Jack Spencer in a recent paper. Washington has 'spent billions of dollars without opening a repository, has yet to receive any waste, and is amassing billions of dollars of taxpayer liability.' Well, yeah, but how does that distinguish the nuclear-waste program from...

friday random ten, 1969 edition

Steven Rubio's Online Life (Free subscription) | 03/28/2008

1. Buffy Sainte-Marie, "God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot." What she brings to mind probably depends on when you were born. In the early-60s, she was the earnest Native American folkie with the vibrato in her vocals ... in the...

Let American Ingenuity Solve the Power Crunch

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008

By Jack Spencer and Nick Loris Maryland's Allegheny Energy recently mailed two compact fluorescent light bulbs to each of its customers. Imagine the indignation when those customers noticed a $12 charge for the unsolicited mailing.

Nuclear Sun Shine

NEI Nuclear Notes (Free subscription) | 03/05/2008

The Baltimore Sun has an interesting op-ed by Jack Spencer, a research fellow in nuclear energy and Nicolas Loris, a researcher at the Heritage Foundation. Noting that Allegheny Energy suffered a slight embarrassment after sending customers two compact fluorescent light bulbs - and then charging them for the bulbs (they later relented and picked up the bill) - Spencer and Loris focus on common-sense...

Nuclear energy: Power play

The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008

Marylands Allegheny Energy recently mailed two compact fluorescent light bulbs to each of its customers. Imagine the...

• Jack Spencer's Power Play - NEI Nuclear Notes

Press Weighs In on Democrats and Yucca Mountain

NEI Nuclear Notes (Free subscription) | 01/18/2008

That Democratic Presidential debate on Tuesday night in Nevada keeps kicking up some dust. Here's USA Today : Yucca Mountain thus becomes the latest evidence of why it's so destructive to give a few early-voting states so much clout in the presidential selection process. Already this year, candidates have gone to Iowa and promised support for wasteful corn-based ethanol, and to Michigan and pledged...