I was interested to see that Newsweek magazine has apparently given up on President Barack Obama. You may have by now seen the cov...
Memories of the Detroit Athletic Club
I have recently been thinking about some of my early adventures in Detroit during what must have been the 1930s. My uncle Bill Bey...
Algal Biofuels and Batman
I was pleased to get an update recently on an algal biofuels research project being led by Professor Phillip Savage of the Univers...
Shrinking Government Budgets and Sailing with a Friend
I have been reading in the newspapers that some of the largest defense contractors in the Washington area are starting to feel the...
Confusion over Who Invented the Internet
I recently read an intriguing article in the Wall Street Journal titled "Who Really Invented the Internet?" As you may be aware, I...
Higgs Boson, Science Jobs, and Fourth of July
I don't think it would have been possible to miss the recent media announcement of the apparent discovery of the subatomic particl...