By Michael Jonas

We have officially entered the silly season in campaign coverage, at least over on Wingo Way.

CommonWealth editor Bruce Mohl appeared on WBUR's Radio Boston yesterday to discuss Monday's debate about Cape Wind.  Listen here.

CommonWealth Editor Bruce Mohl and Executive Editor Michael Jonas appeared on the Emily Rooney Show on WGBH radio today to discuss the new special issue of CommonWealth on Energy and the Environment.  Listen here.  You can also read the new issue in full here.

By Michael Jonas

Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich’s fate is now in the hands of a federal jury.  The Chicago press has had a field day with the circus-like corruption trial of Blago, who has often served as ringmaster at what could be his own wake, working the crowd with handshakes when he arrives in court each day like it’s a campaign stop. There has been no better chronicler of the courthouse follies than Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass, who dubbed the defendant Dead Meat as soon as Blago was first charged.  Read his latest offering here. 

By Michael Jonas

An interesting read in today’s NY Times on the growth of power storage companies, which are a crucial component of the renewable energy effort, especially wind power, where electricity is generated intermittently – and not always at the time of greatest demand.