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March 11, 2015 by Linda Gasparello Leave a Comment

The Private Car Is a Miracle — It Gets Better and Better

Today’s cars are miraculous, marvelous. They are twice as good as they were just 30 years ago — if you measure them by life expectancy, safety, reliability and comfort. As William Gouse, an expert at SAE International which coordinates and sets the standards for cars and trucks worldwide, said, it was just decades ago when […]

Congress to Hear From an Army of Very Sick Petitioners

Llewellyn King

A different voice will be heard on Capitol Hill on May 12 to 15: a gentle, sad voice coming not from lobbyists or politicos but from an irregular army of sick people. It is a voice that has grown stronger in recent years but is still just a zephyr among the hurricane winds that blow […]

Photo Gallery: American College of the Building Arts

Linda Gasparello

Above Photo: The college occupies the 1897 Charleston City Railway Car House. The American College of the Building Arts (ACBA) in Charleston, S.C. is the seat of a renaissance in education. The college, opened in 2005, is creating “educated artisans” – modern-day Leonardo da Vincis. “Students complete an integrated liberal arts curriculum, where both academic and […]

The New Education — Chisels, Hammers, Saws and Dickens

Llewellyn King

Innovation and entrepreneurism, these are strains of the American Dream. That dream is simple: to be self-employed, to own your own business, to be answerable to customers and not to bosses, as well as to make a better living and to enjoy the benefits of the tax system that favors business. It may be fundamental […]

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