Antarctic Ice Melt Accelerates

It is troubling enough that Antarctica’s ice is melting. The melt rate is increasing. Now, the ice that has bottled Continue reading →

Employment Has Not Recovered

Unemployment may be down, but employment has yet to return to pre-Great Recession levels. Fewer people in the work force Continue reading →

99% Of The 1% Locked Out Of Politics

Money in US politics has become so powerful that even millionaires are locked out of the process. Super-PACs are increasingly Continue reading →

Recycling Plastic Via Home 3-D Printers

Plastic can be recycled; but that usually involves collecting it, sending it away, and buying something that uses the recycled Continue reading →

Fighting For Sand

Infrastructure holds civilization together. Transportation and housing require lots of concrete. Concrete requires sand. As China builds and much of Continue reading →

US Corps Hold $1.4T In Cash

Well, maybe not in cash like piles of $20 bills, but US corporations set a record liquid assets of $1.4T, Continue reading →

Fewer Nukes More Players

The number of nuclear warheads is less than a sixth of what it was in the mid-eighties. From a high Continue reading →

How To Pay For The USA

The rich pay the largest percentage of the US taxes. Payrolls come next. People are feeling the pain. Corporations and Continue reading →