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Israel: In a League of Its Own

Brian Hicks
Posted May 30, 2007

Many international soccer fans are surprised when they learn that Israel competes in the European league, UEFA. Though it is a Middle Eastern country, in sports and trade Israel plays best with the...

Global Warming--The Great Vote-Getter!

Jeff Siegel
Posted May 25, 2007

There’s no doubt that the Democrats used the global warming issue to get votes. Whether they believe this stuff is real or not is irrelevant. Facts are facts. Global warming is a vote-getter...

The Blame Game Has Begun

Brian Hicks
Posted May 24, 2007

As the housing market continues to plummet and the mortgage morass delivers one borrower after another into the pit of foreclosure, the blame game has begun in earnest.

Pain at the Persian Pump

Brian Hicks
Posted May 24, 2007

This Tuesday, western news outlets reported the beginning of gasoline rationing in Iran with terse certainty. But the view from Iran is much more complicated, and shows the disarray of oil refining...

Robotic Surgeons Answer the Call

Brian Hicks
Posted May 23, 2007

For 54 years, Dennis Murray had definitely beaten the odds. Unlike most people his age, he had never been hospitalized, not even once. Sadly, though, his streak wouldn’t last. It ended instead...

Cow Tongues and Chinese Funds

Brian Hicks
Posted May 23, 2007

My dad always makes corny jokes that elicit groans from family members and chuckles from the uninitiated. One of my favorites is, "When you eat cow tongue, are you tasting the cow or is the cow...

24 Cents an Hour, 70 Hours a Week

Brian Hicks
Posted May 23, 2007

Fluent in Mandarin, Benjamin Ross has conducted research for several multinational corporations involving migrant workers, cell phones, Internet cafés, and people with disabilities as they pertain...

Israel: Money in the Middle

Brian Hicks
Posted May 21, 2007

In Gaza to the southwest and Lebanon to the north, rockets and bullets are flying. In the middle of it all, Israeli scientists are launching the companies of tomorrow.

1933 Law = Massive Profits Today

Nick Hodge
Posted May 17, 2007

Unbeknownst to most, the Farm Bill--updated every five years or so--is hardly a bill at all. Instead, it's a long-running accumulation of many diverse acts subject to periodic review and...

Top Docs Prep for Surgery on Mars

Brian Hicks
Posted May 17, 2007

In the deep blue waters off the coast of Key Largo, NASA’s “aquanauts” are hard at work. Sixty feet below the waves, they are busy practicing the same types of tasks that they may one day be...

Between Fossil Fools and Peak-Oil Prophets

Brian Hicks
Posted May 17, 2007

There's a fine line between fools and prophets. Talisman Energy CEO Jim Buckee treads it boldly, and his recent Peak Oil proclamation is certain to ruffle some feathers.

The International Growth Wire

Brian Hicks
Posted May 16, 2007

The force behind emerging market growth is not high-tech or infrastructure investment. Nor is it drug trafficking or organ smuggling. It's the $300-billion-a-year money transfer network.