Federal Reserve Maintains Interest Rate
The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted to maintain the federal funds rate at 5.25% to 5.5%. The...
Opinion & Random Topics
Stuff to Do in Florida That Aren’t Amusement Parks or Beaches
Do you associate Florida with Disney World and beaches? If so, I don't blame you. If you set aside politics...
Public Libraries Are Critical to Education
Public libraries, unaffiliated with schools, are vital to the educational and social fabric of communities across the globe. These institutions...
The Pros and Cons of Using Taxes Versus Tollways to Fund Road Maintenance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23DJBWMAmUM&pp=ygUZdXNpbmcgdGF4ZXMgdG8gZnVuZCByb2Fkcw%3D%3D When it comes to funding road maintenance, policymakers face a critical decision between two primary approaches: using taxes or...
Public School Funding Cuts Present Opportunity for Charter Schools
The following is content provided by the organization Our Schools. All opinions represent the views of the organization. By Sarah...
Is COVID-19 Introducing A New Normal for Work?
When dealing with a pandemic like the current coronavirus outbreak, keeping yourself and your family and friends healthy should be...
Landfills Emit Large Amounts of Methane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNT08BCOK0g Science News recently reported that Californian landfills emit an alarming amount of methane from decaying waste. Researchers made use...
3D Printed Guns Pose Challenge to Law Enforcement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRoZv-EhFy0 According to a recent article by Science News, forensic scientists at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland are currently...
Interview With Frank White, Author of The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution
Frank White’s book, The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution, first published by Houghton-Mifflin in 1987, is now in its third...
Three Steps to Monetizing Your Data through Customer Intelligence
The following is an op-ed by Andrew Wells and Kathy Chiang Kathy Williams Chiang is VP, Business Insights, at Wunderman Data Management. Andrew Roman Wells...
Which is the Bigger Scandal, Bribes to Get Into College, or College Itself?
The following is an op-ed by C. Edmund Wright, Author of WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost…Again The college admissions scam has hit front pages,...
Caregivers May Be Untapped Pool of Potential Entrepreneurs
The following is an op-ed by national radio host Peter Rosenberger. As increasing numbers of Americans face the schedule-crushing tasks...
MUFON Argues Lack of Public Interest an Obstacle to UFO, Alien Life Awareness
The following is an op-ed from MUFON President Jan Harzan. UFOs are REAL, ETs EXIST, and there is a lot more to the story than that, but does...
If Healthcare is a ‘Right,’ What’s Next?
The following is an op-ed by Peter Rosenberger. Peter Rosenberger is the host of HOPE FOR THE CAREGIVER, a syndicated radio program heard weekly on 200 stations. For more than thirty...
Christmas Shopping: Early Holiday Sales, Winning Retailers, and Advertising Influence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDhk6O5TSN0 In case you haven't figured it out by now, this is officially Holiday Shopping Season 2018. (Okay, I made...
The Future of Analytics: 6 Predictions
This is a guest post by Dr. Beverly Wright leads the Analytics Practice for aspirent as Chief Analytics Officer. She is...
Four Steps to Make Your Business Intelligence Teams More Relevant
The following is a guest post by Aspirent CEO Andrew Wells and Wunderman Data Management VP, Business Insights, Kathy Chiang. They are...
Creator of 3D Printed Gun Settles Legal Case in Victory for Gun Rights
Cody Wilson poses with a gun that may or may not be 3D printed. Image credit Wikipedia When Cody Wilson...
The Freemium Model – A Death Knell for Brands?
Editor's Note: This is a guest post by Dr. Michael Solomon, author of Marketers, Tear Down These Walls! Liberating the...
Supreme Court Issues Curtailment to Police Tracking of Cell Phone Locations
In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has ruled that police must obtain a warrant...
Interview With Shadi Bakour and Gulshan Kumar of PATHWater
PATHWater sells refillable water bottles like this one. This past Earth Day, I caught up with Shadi Bakour and Gulshan...
Aerospace Startup Goes Behind FCC’s Back to Launch Satellites
So the FCC denies you permission to launch a small fleet of satellites. Do you: Accept it and give up,...
Value Creation vs. Social Benefit: Why Not Both?
Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin recently expressed frustration on the extreme focus on making a quick profit from an ICO instead...
A Christian Perspective to Applying New Fintech to Old Economic Problems
Christians may remember that, shortly before his crucifixion, Jesus was having dinner with Mary, Martha, Lazarus and his disciples. Mary...
Stop Asteroids? When All Else Fails, Do It Yourself
When NASA's asteroid map that shows the trajectories of all known NEOs looks like something that a cosmic kitty did...
When Researchers Have to Flee: The Cost of War to Science
War has a bad habit of disrupting the lives of ordinary citizens. We're currently seeing a prime example of this...
To Political Activists: Thanks For Not Ruining The Eclipse
Trump demonstrates what not to do during a solar eclipse. Image credit Mother Jones So I'm one of the millions...
Solar Eclipse Expected To Cause $694 Million In Lost Productivity
You would think that it would be normal for employees to want to take their afternoon break to go out...
Flat Earth and Ancient Aliens: Why Conspiracy Theories Matter and What You Can Do
Most of us take for granted that Earth is a globe and humans weren't created by super-advanced aliens. For all...
Science Should Matter To Both Liberals And Conservatives
Followers of popular science communicators like Neil DeGrasse Tyson like to say that, “The good thing about science is that...
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Asks Tough Question: Can Government Lead Innovation?
The University of Southern California's Science and Engineering School, University of Wisconsin, US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF), Descartes Labs and...
From Pyramids To FRBs: When Aliens Become The New “God of the Gaps”
Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are very powerful radio bursts that can last less than a millisecond and emit as much...
Saint Louis Chess Club Pairs Inner City Students with Local Police through New Scholastic Program
Three prominent St. Louis organizations are bringing together three chess enthusiasts to benefit the city's youth. The Chess Club and...
Betsy DeVos’s Confirmation Spikes Sales of the Not My President Candy Bars
This is not the Not My President Candy Bar, but I did not wish to go any higher than a...
Elon Musk Shouldn’t Quit The Advisory Committee
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick recently stepped down from Donald Trump's business advisory committee after facing pressure from the #DeleteUber movement....
The Revolution Will Be Peer Reviewed As Scientists March On Washington
The revolution will be peer reviewed. Image credit Wonderful Engineering President Donald Trump did not waste any time attempting to...
Neil DeGrasse Tyson Destroys Anti-Science Conspiracy Theorist
What's the number one difference between Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Buzz Aldrin? They both dislike conspiracy theorists, but Neil DeGrasse...
A Nobel Prize for Elon Musk?
There's a Change.com petition asking the Swedish Nobel Committee to consider Elon Musk for the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences...
Clothing On Mars
A proposed Mars suit. It might be suitable for outdoor wear, but would colonists want to wear something that looks...
Open Letter to Elon Musk
Dublin, Wednesday 31th October 2013: Pictured at the The Web Summit 2013, RDS. Photo by Dan Taylor/Heisenberg Media To...
“Why Explore Mars When We Could…”
Image credit Space Answers Robert Zubrin on Why We Should Go To Mars This is one I hear a lot....
The Trillion Dollar Question of Space Mining
Concept art for what a "space mining" rig could look like. Image credit Deep Space Industries Another day, another argument...
Does This Car Make Me Look Stoopid?
So you may have heard about Elon Musk's latest dust-up with a fellow named Stewart Alsop. Apparently, Musk decided to...
When Your Cat Is Your Best Friend
Rudy as a half grown kitten. He still likes my keyboard. Almost three years ago now, we got a call...
So Congress Just Cleared Up A Legal Point In Space Law…
Concept art for what a "space mining" rig could look like. Image credit Deep Space Industries If you're at all...
Why Bother With Mars, Anyway?
Mars is a hot topic among space enthusiasts these days. Mars One was always a long shot but I never...
When You Ask The Tough Ethics Questions About Space Travel
Discovery launches for the STS-120 mission. Ethics was probably the last thing on the crew's minds. Image credit Wikipedia Y'know,...
Lessons From Grumpy Cat
You know Grumpy Cat as that cute little feline with the grumpy look on her face. She's rocked the Internet...
Free markets aren’t bad. It’s crony capitalism that sucks.
This is one of many brands of deodorant that are sold on Amazon.com. Tell me how this is a problem....
Elon Musk Plans To Launch 4,000 Internet Satellites
Internet satellites could be launched on a rocket like this. Image credit Ecomento Elon Musk has put in an application for...
