I am a skeptic and don't believe anything, especially anything coming from the government.
On March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell’s iconic imperative “Mr. Watson—come here—I want to see you” became the first words transmitted via telephone. With no fanfare, that simple command ushered in a change that would, in a relatively short time, affect every person on the globe. A similar event would occur on December 10, 1992, when an engineer with the telecommunication firm Seam would send a message from his computer
On a slightly elevated plain just east of Laramie, Wyoming on October 7, 1998, Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson beat and tortured Matthew Shepard nearly to death, tied him to a buck fence, and left him for dead. After being discovered by a passing cyclist, Shepard was transported to a Fort Collins, Colorado hospital where he was kept alive by artificial means. The University of Wyoming student died on October 12, 1998 without
As most everyone knows by now, on November 6, 2012, voters in Colorado and Washington State approved initiatives that allow the sale of marijuana and its use as a recreational substance. Both states allow the sale and use of the herb for medicinal purposes, and the revenue generated and collected as sales tax from the sale of marijuana has exceeded expectations and provided Colorado and Washington with a windfall that
In the Digital Age, a felony conviction will follow an offender for the rest of his life and will continue to be stapled to every job application he fills out. Convictions are public record, and anyone can access this information from any of a dozen websites that provide the particulars about the offense committed, the current status of the offender, and in some cases the offender’s current address. During the application
The Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 was implemented to remove government restrictions on the airline industry with regard to schedules, fares, and routes by allowing the airline companies to compete more effectively in the free market. History now shows that it has had the opposite effect on the industry. By 1983, Frank Lorenzo and his Texas Air Group had acquired Continental Airlines, a legacy carrier that had been operating since
As the race for the White House moves into the final stretch, the faltering U.S. economy is the topic as unemployment continues to hover at uncomfortably high levels throughout the country, effectively pushing other seemingly less important issues to the side. Environmental issues remain especially marginalized for a number of reasons. Still, even though environmental innovations do not always generate immediate revenue or directly create jobs, they deserve attention. Fixing the
