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I recently received news from Iowa State University, my alma mater, that the engineering department has surpassed 5,000 undergraduate students this year. It’s good to hear that enrollment is increasing despite economic pressures making it harder for families to afford sending kids to college.
But the statistics from ISU still show a disturbing dark side. Of [...]

Word is out that CNN is eliminating its seven-person unit covering science, the environment, and technology. Did the executives that made this decision look back at the numbers for the past two years and think, “Looks like our most-watched segments were on the election, so let’s only cover elections from now on!”?
But seriously, the root [...]

The recent economic turmoil has the nation looking for short-term tactics to right the sinking financial ship. While my own (shrinking) 401(k) and IRA accounts are quantitative testament to how important fixing the markets is to me personally, in this post I’d like to focus attention on a longer-term strategy for achieving US economic strength.
As [...]