This, the 21st century, is set to be the electric century. We are in the middle of a profound electrification binge that is going to leave its mark, an electrical mark, on every aspect of human endeavor. I believed this before I attended the Edison Electric Institute annual meeting and ...
On a hot, muggy Thursday in early July 1776, a handful of men got together in Pennsylvania and declared their independence from Great Britain. But they weren’t meeting in Independence Hall and Messrs. Franklin, Adams and Jefferson weren’t there. At least, not at this meeting. Yet, on the ...
When lawyers for both sides in an environmental dispute appeared before the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia on Tuesday, an unseen third party was present as well. Billionaire Michael Bloomberg. For years, the former New York City mayor and one-time presidential candidate has ...
Sometimes, what companies think up in their attempts to maintain profit margins is beyond us consumers. One of the things entering the news cycle is the notion of “shrinkflation.” It’s exactly what it sounds like, the idea that the cost of the products we buy is being raised by ...
The release of “Top Gun: Maverick” made me nostalgic for the Ronald Reagan era, a period of industrial and military strength that led to the rise of Silicon Valley and U.S. dominance in high-tech manufacturing. Perhaps it’s déjà vu. When the original “Top Gun” was released, just ...
Can we be sure South Korea’s relations with Japan are improving under the newly installed conservative government? The answer is we can’t be sure of anything. We can only hope the two countries can work together in the context of trilateral cooperation. The common denominator of the ...
