Author Archives: matt ohern

TPP Annex 2-D Tariff Commitments – Canada

Posted on September 13, 2016 by matt ohern

As I wrote time, the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) includes 30 chapters. Within Chapter 2 there is Annex 2-D which lists each country’s general notes relating to tariff schedules and provides a list of each country’s tariff elimination schedule. Each … Continue reading →

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Energy Facts and Figures for Dummies Part IV

Posted on September 12, 2016 by matt ohern

(This is the fourth part in a series that brings to the reader some basic facts about energy so that he/she can better understand the raging debate over energy supplies and environmental stewardship.) Energy Facts and Figures for Dummies Part IV … Continue reading →

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Is It Time to Blame the Victim?

Posted on August 31, 2016 by matt ohern

Martinsville is one of Virginia’s hard luck cases. Once a thriving center of home-grown furniture and apparel enterprises, its economy has been hollowed out by international trade, and its unemployment rate chronically runs around twice the state average. Earlier this … Continue reading →

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Attempting to Understand Trans-Pacific Partnership

Posted on August 31, 2016 by matt ohern

Many voices in agriculture support TPP, but presidential candidates oppose it. Why? Contentious issues involve agriculture, intellectual property and investments. GOP nominee Donald Trump has claimed the document is 5,600 pages long. I do not know if he is correct, … Continue reading →

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Why Are Honeybees Dying?

Posted on August 31, 2016 by matt ohern

As stubborn facts ruin their narrative that neonicotinoid pesticides are causing a honeybee-pocalypse, environmental pressure groups are shifting to new scares to justify their demands for “neonic” bans. Honeybee populations and colony numbers in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia … Continue reading →

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