Daily Archives: December 23, 2011

Inflating College education bubble

“… a product that costs more and more. But consumers don’t care about the price because they’re convinced it will be worth a lot of money in the future…. and besides they’re paying with cheap borrowed money”. Eh… what’s not … Continue reading

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Calutron Girls…

Photograph by Ed Westcott. Read more about The Calutron Girls. I got to meet Gladys, the only time Y-12 was opened to the public. She was sitting in that exact same location (perhaps even chair?). According to the Historic Oak … Continue reading

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Faith in Government

But here’s the curious thing: While whipping up fear about mercury in the outdoors, the EPA is actively downplaying mercury’s health risks when it comes out of fluorescent bulbs inside people’s homes. The explanation of this apparent hypocrisy? What both … Continue reading

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