Promise to Eliminate Ineffective Programs Should Start Here
President Obama made a refreshing promise during his inaugural address to eliminate government programs that aren’t working.  The alleged “war on drugs” should therefore be a top priority for this administration, because no other government effort has cost so much in both direct and indirect expenses while delivering [...]

Detector Confirms Scientist’s Theory, Maybe the Nature of Universe
A gravitational wave detector in Hanover, Germany may have inadvertently found evidence supporting previous theories that the universe is essentially an enormous and highly detailed hologram. 
The GEO600 was designed to be the world’s most sensitive detector of space-time ripples emanating from black holes and neutron stars, but [...]

New Resolution Offered as Gulf States Threaten to Take U.S. Lead in Green Technology

Congressman Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), the lone voice in Congress about energy independence since 1992.

Congressman Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) introduced a bill January 6 proposing a “Man on the Moon” project to accelerate the transition to renewable fuels just as gulf states such as [...]

The Most Important Consideration of a Good Writer
This ongoing feature, About Writing, is offered to those who write either professionally or during the daily course of their work.  These basic principles will include many tips and tricks I’ve learned after more than 23 years of professional writing of all kinds. 
The first three considerations for a [...]

One of Many Proven Medical Benefits of Meditation
A growing body of medical studies prove the health benefits of transcendental meditation.  Physicians studying the brain’s reaction to pain in meditators mapped a significant difference in their neurological response with the use of an MRI scanner.

Meditation transforms the perception of reality. It has multiple confirmed medical benefits.
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