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Water is the greatest enemy of nuclear waste storage. There is no alloy known to man (yet) that won't corrode or leak over time, threatening to release radioactive substances into the environment. Even though all industrialized countries have been...

" Conservatives push for psychiatric diagnosis of 'loony leftists' ", screamed the headline of an article on the Swift Report blogsite on January 5. The article, an obvious hoax, has nonetheless been picked up as a true story by dozens...

Introduction This week we begin what will be a series of occasional letters on China. The topic, like the country, is so vast that it cannot be adequately dealt with in one short letter. Today, we will take a long range view into the future, looking at...

The international community has pledged nearly $2 billion in disaster relief for tsunami-stricken South Asian countries. Sounds great, but a pledge is just a pledge, not real money. What chance do those countries really have of getting the promised funds...

Last month, a Utah court sentenced 25-year-old rap record producer Weldon Angelos to 55 years in prison without parole... for selling small bags of marijuana to police informants while carrying a concealed weapon. Angelos, who is a first-time offender...

Introduction This week's letter is once again from two of my favorite economists, Van Hoisington and Dr. Lacy Hunt of Hoisington Investment Management Company in Austin, Texas. They offer a view on bonds which, as Van noted in a conversation with...

Introduction The Baby Boom generation (those born from 1945 to 1964), is facing a savings/retirement dilemma. I would say “crisis” but arguably that overstates the problem. Crisis or not, most Baby Boomers have not saved nearly enough for their retirement...

Owning a 6,000-acre tropical island, a steal at $26,500, may sound like a dream come true, except for one tiny detail: the fantasy property is just that--fantasy. This was the case, reported in New Scientist last month, when 22-year-old Australian David...