Don’t wealthy Americans need emergency rooms, too?

by Jonathan Soroko April 28, 2012

New York City politics is often about real estate value, and distance is often measured in travel time. A hospital three miles away in suburban or rural Arizona might be reachable, on a flat straight road with no traffic, in  an ambulance with lights and sirens running, in well under three minutes. Not in New [...]

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Troubling situation at Entergy-run Nuclear Plan in Michigan

by L J Furman, MBA April 23, 2012

In A Return To ‘Safety First’ For Michigan Nuclear Plant, NPR correspondent Lindsey Smith reports, The Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan had five unplanned shutdowns last year. It’s one of the area’s biggest employers, and its safety record is one of the worst in the country. Now it’s trying to prove to federal regulators [...]

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Earth Day, 2012 or Eaarth Day, 2012

by L J Furman, MBA April 22, 2012

Kansas, Oklahoma, Earth Day, 2012, or Eaarth Day, cognizant of Bill McKibben’s observation that the planet on which we live is qualitatively different from the planet on which we were born. Do you see your cup as half-full, or half-empty? Is it on a table, or a pile of rubble? And is it filled with [...]

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Do We Need Nuclear Power? Part 3

by L J Furman, MBA April 21, 2012

Indian Point’s two reactors, operating since 1974 and 1976, generate up to 30 percent of New York City and Westchester’s power. Yet the plant remains controversial. March 1, 2012, Michael Gerrard, director of the Center for Climate Change Law, moderated  the Forum on the Future of Indian Point held at Columbia Law School. The forum [...]

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Do We Need Nuclear Power? Part 2

by L J Furman, MBA April 20, 2012

Rather than “Can we get away from Nuclear Power?” The real questions we need to ask ourselves are: How quickly can we phase out nuclear power? What will it cost? Given that a definition of insanity is doing the same behavior but expecting different results,

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Do We Need Nuclear Power? Part 1

by L J Furman, MBA April 20, 2012

Did the Japanese (and the rest of the world) NEED Fukushima?   Happy Earth Day.  Think for the Future. Do We Need Nuclear Power, Part 1, L. Furman, 4/20/12, here. Do We Need Nuclear Power, Part 2, L. Furman, 4/20/12, here. Do We Need Nuclear Power, Part 3, L. Furman, 4/21/12, here.     US [...]

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Is Ford Motor Co Sustainable? And is Ford a Value Investment?

by L J Furman, MBA April 15, 2012

Back in October, 2007, I wrote about the Toyota Prius and the GM Hummer in Prius v Hummer, the Battle for the Streets and the Prius v Hummer, the Battle for the Brains. (Spoiler alert – the Prius won). Now I’m thinking about Ford Motor Company. A few years back their tag line was “Ford [...]

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Landmark Mistakes of the Supreme Court, Part 3

by L J Furman, MBA April 10, 2012

The decision in Bush v Gore is widely regarded as a landmark mistake, both because the Supreme Court acted politically and because of President Bush’s accomplishments and legacy. While it is too recent for a historical consensus, and too political to be without controversy, virtually all liberals and progressives view the results of Bush v [...]

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Landmark Mistakes of the Supreme Court, Part 2

by L J Furman, MBA April 9, 2012

If Dred Scott, Citizen’s United, and Florence v Burlington are the three worst decisions by the United States Supreme Court, (post here) then Korematsu v United States, Dec. 18, 1944, Plessy v Ferguson, May 18, 1896 are next in line. In Korematsu v United States, decided Dec. 18, 1944, the Supreme Court upheld Executive Order [...]

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Nuclear Divers – Swimming in Hot Water

by J Soroko and L Furman April 5, 2012

Nuclear power plant maintenance requires SCUBA divers in the rivers and oceans near the intake pipes and, as the image shows, in the reactor itself. And the men and women who work as employees and contractors for the plants and for Underwater Construction Corp, UCC do the job (more images). According to Katheryn Kranhold, here, [...]

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Landmark Mistakes by the US Supreme Court

by L J Furman, MBA April 4, 2012

Worst Three Decisions by the US Supreme Court: Dred Scott, Citizen’s United, and Florence v Burlington.  Dred Scott reinforced slavery – and led to the Civil War. Citizen’s United puts really, really big money in politics – think Mr. Gingrich’s sugar daddy with his $10 million in PAC-Gingrich, and leads to what we have today. [...]

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This Football-Sized Robot Sub Handles Law Enforcement's Underwater Beat

by Jonathan Soroko April 3, 2012

This Football-Sized Robot Sub Handles Law Enforcement’s Underwater Beat From inspecting cargo ships in NYC Harbor to searching for missing persons in South Texas, law enforcement is increasingly supplementing its human divers with these football-sized remote submersibles. The VideoRay Pro 3 GTO is a tethered, remotely-controlled micro-submersible. The eight-pound machine can dive as far as [...]

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WWII-era fire apparatus, Australia (image by Kristarella)

by Jonathan Soroko April 3, 2012

We’ve got a few reasons for publishing this image: Kristarella, an outstanding web designer and software developer, is also a fabulous photographer, and we encourage you to check out her Photoblog for page after  page of images which will capture your curiousity, imagination and awe. But that’s not, strictly speaking, on-topic.  These reasons are: We’re [...]

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Can we make Trayvon Martin the last child to die this way? (and will we?)

by Jonathan Soroko March 29, 2012

Ryan Sibley of the Sunlight Foundation, which does outstanding work in making government documents, including statutes, accessible, understandable, and making government itself transparent, has used some of the Foundation’s electronic search tools and concluded that a number of states – at least ten – adopted language identical to the Florida statute which may govern prosecution [...]

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Marine One hangar to get solar roof

by Jonathan Soroko March 28, 2012

Charis Michelsen, writing in January at CleanTechnica, reported that the Quantico hangar where Marine One (the designation of the helicopter used to transport the President – the rotary-wing equivalent of  “Air Force One”) will be getting a 120-kilowatt array, estimated to produce 150,000 kWh/year: The solar array will be installed by FLS Energy and the [...]

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