TANSTAAFL is an acronym for the adage “There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch” originating in the 1940s and later popularized by science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein. In today’s column, Eugene Robinson explains how we could have all benefited from Heinlien’s advice when the housing sector went insane.
The best of 2008 - physicsworld.com
The best of 2008
It was the year that the Large Hadron Collider was finally fired up — and then abruptly shut down — and 2008 also saw significant progress towards the detection of dark matter. Physicists got a little closer to making practical quantum computers and 2008 saw a few [...]
A Lancaster County dog kennel was shut down today by state dog wardens, who removed 96 dogs. Ervin Zimmerman, owner of the Ephrata kennel, had fought to keep his dog breeding operation in business since the state revoked his kennel license in 2007.
Back on December 7th, Propublica.com released an article called Bush by the Numbers that compared statistics that shape American lives before and after George W. Bush took office. They included data like National Debt on Election Day, Percentage of Americans without health insurance, and Average number of Superfund clean-ups completed per year. Some of the information is quite striking and say more about the state of the nation than a dozen editorial columns.
The reader response to the article was so good, they have released a second edition using suggestions from Propublica and Huffington Post readers.
The holiday season is here and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging consumers to keep safety in mind as they decorate for the holidays. Flickering candles, blinking holiday lights and fragrant evergreens are beautiful staples of the holiday season, but when used improperly, these holiday decorating “must haves” can pose deadly dangers.
