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March 10, 2010 | Volume 43 Issue 13

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Will Hybrid Cars Ever Be Profitable? Yes.

Necessity is the mother of all invention. The most successful products are justly so because they fulfill the needs or wants of the consumer. Hybrid vehicles are no exception. If any of us have faith in the capitalist system within whose bounds we live, then the laws of supply and demand should reign unquestioned and [...]

Truthiness in Food

The pervasive influence of ignorance extends its tendrils through every corner of our country, and the lack of knowledge concerning the food you consume is no exception. In its struggle to combat the obesity epidemic running its course through the American population, the Food and Drug Administration (F.D.A.) is contemplating revisions of nutrition labeling on [...]

Clickety-Clack, Getting Trains Back on Track

Every great journey begins with a single step. On April 16, 2009, President Obama helped the nation take a step in the right direction when he outlined his dreams of developing high-speed passenger rail lines in at least ten different regions. Mr. Obama espoused his belief that train travel was a solution to America’s congested [...]

Google Bluffs in China

Don’t be evil. Google has recently committed itself to fully following this motto. After a sophisticated cyber-attack originating from China on the possible e-mail accounts of Chinese human rights activists and by extension, Google’s servers, Google has had enough.
Google may be alienated in a country of harsh realities; but for Google to abandon one of [...]

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