Author Archives: Steve Maley

Lessons From Two and a Half Oil Busts, Part 1

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Steve Maley

For the next couple of years I’ll be giving advice as a LAGCOE mentor, so I’m using this blog to collect career-advice ideas as they come to me. I am lucky to be unencumbered by a corporate HR department and am free to … Continue reading →

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I Hate Rocky Road! (A Fairy Tale)

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Steve Maley

My favorite ice cream store started a contest to eliminate flavors one by one. By November, one flavor will be declared the “winner”, and that’s the only flavor we’ll have for four years. My favorite freezer is on the right-hand … Continue reading →

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What do you buy the man who has everything?

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Steve Maley

In 1980, for his 55th birthday, my Dad asked for (and received) a truckload of composted cowsh*t. You think my Mom wasn’t a loving wife? Dad had a passion for organic gardening. Also for beekeeping, primitive archery, and fruit trees. He … Continue reading →

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Wargaming #Election2016

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Steve Maley

Last fall the Presidential Election of 2016 played out in real time, right here in Louisiana. Locally, we called it the 2015 Gubernatorial Election. My takeaway: Given a unified party, any of the three Republican candidates would have beaten the … Continue reading →

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Notes on Obama’s $10-per-barrel Oil Tax, Part 2: Ceteris Ain’t Paribus

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Steve Maley

We looked at the first red flag that Obama’s new tax proposal isn’t the result of deep thought and study in the previous installment, Math Are Hard. All things being equal, ceteris paribus as the economic wonks say, 32 billion … Continue reading →

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Notes on Obama’s $10-per-barrel Oil Tax, Part 1: Math Are Hard

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Steve Maley

Yes, I know that Obama’s $10-per-barrel tax proposal is DOA in Congress. What irritates me is that it is a thoughtless proposal, more about instigating division than about practical benefit. It is as if important policy issues have been entrusted … Continue reading →

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Sure, Obama was wrong. But there’s a bigger point to be made.

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Steve Maley

Throughout his two terms, Barack Obama’s position on energy policy is encapsulated in the soundbite: “We can’t just drill our way to lower gasoline prices.” In one case he doubled down, adding, “Anybody who tells you otherwise either doesn’t know … Continue reading →

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Meet ISIS Czar Robert Malley (no relation)

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Steve Maley

I first heard Robert Malley’s name yesterday on one of the conservative radio talk shows. Since his name is only one letter different from my dad’s, I thought I’d Google him up. Maybe a long-lost cousin, who knows? After digging … Continue reading →

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Louisiana is disappearing! (… but not for the reasons you have been told).

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Steve Maley

Sea level rise! South Louisiana is disappearing  — an area the size of a football field disappears every 15 minutes! Or so we’ve been told. The scapegoats range from the oil and gas industry to climate change to invasive species … Continue reading →

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Memories of Hurricane Katrina and Double-U Brooks (from 2010)

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Steve Maley

 I’ve been waiting in the weeds for the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina to republish the following piece, my memories of the storm and its impact on New Orleans and New Orleanians. Lightly edited, first published August 28, 2010. I … Continue reading →

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