Author name: Lynne Kiesling

Calyx And Corolla

I heartily second Megan McArdle’s recommendation for Valentine’s flowers. I have often bought flowers from Calyx and Corolla for my parents and grandmother. In fact, for her birthday this year I sent my mother a bouquet from another company, but in a lovely Waterford vase, and while she liked it she said that she wouldn’t …

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BP Invests In Russian Oil: Russia Friendly For Foreign Investment?

BP has committed to invest $6.75 billion in a new Russian oil company, the largest foreign investment ever in Russia. This investment, with two Russian partners, will create Russia’s third largest oil company, and will complement BP’s planned investment over the next five years: more than $20 billion developing projects in the U.S. Gulf of …

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Wsj On Venezuelan Oil

Alexi Barrionuevo has written an insightful and informative profile of Venezuela’s national oil company in Monday’s Wall Street Journal (subscription required). He goes through the history of the company, PdVSA, and how Chavez’s opposition to it influenced his initial coup and run for presidential office. An excerpt: For 30 years, Rogelio Lozada was the sort …

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Language Police

Picking up on a theme from Eugene Volokh, I too am a language pedant in many ways. My biggest pet peeve is those who fail to recognize the distinction between restrictive and unrestrictive clauses, and therefore use “which” when they should use “that”. The British usage of “which” particularly gets under my skin. Again yesterday …

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Betsy’s Page

Many thanks to Glenn Reynolds for linking to Betsy’s Page, which in addition to being full of insightful commentary has a fantastic color scheme! Including my favorite shades of green.