For the past several centuries, the watchword of American industry has been standardization. Everything must be uniform and orderly, parts interchangeable. This urge to trim production costs eventually invaded agriculture, even animal husbandry. The result was chicken and hog farms where animals never saw the light of day and grew fat on drug- and hormone-laden […]
Safety vs. Privacy
Since the failed terror attack on Christmas day, the debate over full-body scanners has exploded, so to say. Without such scanners, say advocates, Americans will never be safe in the skies. It is tempting for politicians to mandate a full-body scanner in every airport, and surely the manufacturers of such devices are doling out campaign […]
Rubber Soul
January 2010 Week 1 The classic original Beatles studio albums have been re-mastered by a dedicated team of engineers at Abbey Road Studios in London over a four year period utilising state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings. The result of […]
Rubber Soul
The classic original Beatles studio albums have been re-mastered by a dedicated team of engineers at Abbey Road Studios in London over a four year period utilising state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings. The result of this painstaking process is […]
The Liberals Are Still Whining
When the Republicans controlled the legislative, judicial and executive branches of our government, the conservatives always pointed out how the liberals were “whining” about everything. Now the Democrats are in charge and the liberals are still whining. But, this time the whining is coming from the top. Congress moaned about having to work on Christmas […]
Profit from Natural Gas
Stakes have never been higher…
What Cholesterol Doesn’t Cause
“A recent study, published in the American Journal of Cardiology, 2003, found that patients who successfully lowered their cholesterol levels did not reduce plaque buildup in their arteries. One group took a strong dose of a cholesterol-lowering drug while the other took a lower dose of the same drug. Researchers then measured the amount of […]
2009 Reading Archives
April Week 3: TED, WHITE, AND BLUE:The Nugent Manifesto By Ted Nugent Week 4: Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman By James Gleick May Week 1: 7 Deadly Scenarios: A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century By Andrew Krepinevich Week 2: The Omega Diet:The Lifesaving Nutritional Program Based on the Diet […]
The Party of No
Barack Obama and the Democratic majorities in the House and Senate are coming up on their one-year anniversary of total control of the United States. The Democrats were going to reshape the country in the first 100 days. That didn’t happen. Then they made promises for the end of this year. So far, they have […]
Obama and the Fat Cats
Passing the most restrictive financial regulation since the 1930’s means more pain ahead.