3D printers are already capable of printing human tissue and scientists believe they are close to being able to print a functional human organ! Imagine no more organ donor lists! Imagine the ways health can be improved. It is quite amazing and science suggests it is just around the corner.
8 Enlisting Superman in the US National Guard The US government shelled out $10 million to subsidize promotion of Superman: Man of Steel, the blockbuster movie which earned over $600 million world-wide at the box office. The funding was part of National Guard promotional deal aimed to boost recruitment. Superman-National Guard tie-ins were everywhere: in…
Photo by www.theguardian.com 2. The Lockerbie Bombers The Pan Am flight 103 tragedy, also known as the ‘Lockerbie Bombing,’ happened on December 21, 1988, in a Pan Am transatlantic flight from London Heathrow Airport on its way to JFK International Airport in New York. The Boeing 747-121, “Clipper Maid of the Seas,” exploded killing all…
Recently I came across a friend who was espousing that Americans were not truly free. How can anyone who is supposedly free be required to pay taxes, they asked? Freedom is absolute, they proclaimed; you are either free or you are not. But freedom is not absolute. It is a relative and subjective concept. Freedom…
The failure of Detroit shows what happens when a government increases taxes and regulation beyond the point where individuals feel that they are worth putting up with. As residents abandoned Detroit for parts of the country with less onerous government, the population fell from 1,849,568 to just 713,777. Those who left were the taxpaying residents,…
Photo by Bob Linsdell 2. Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Boston Harbor is a natural harbor and estuary of Massachusetts Bay, and is located adjacent to the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It is home to the Port of Boston, a major shipping facility in the northeast. The harbor is sheltered from Massachusetts Bay and the open Atlantic…
Photo by American Life League A society is not truly free unless its marketplaces are free. In commerce as in all other areas of life, both parties must consent to the exchange of goods, services, and money. No person has the right to the goods or services of another person. Such demands are paramount to…