Monthly Archives: August 2012

If you think most Americans cared about the Republican National Convention, you’re wrong. There was so little interest in the White People Party party that the most popular coverage of it, Fox News, was beaten on Wednesday night by the … Continue reading →

Manufacturing is evolving at a dizzying pace. Digitization and stronger materials produce better products faster and less expensively. The U.S. leads the technological revolution in manufacturing, proved by the rapidly disintegrating sweat shop and junk maker industries in China and … Continue reading →

Never mind that 3D is a dud (talking about useless “innovations”). Ultra-HD has arrived. Sony’s new model has a picture measuring 3840 x 2160 pixels which translates into an 84-inch screen size. That compares to the current HD standard 1920 … Continue reading →

TV weather seems quaint these days. A throwback to a simpler time when all life stopped at 6 and 10 (or 11 Eastern) p.m. to find out what happened in the world that day. That’s all over, of course. Thanks … Continue reading →

Just as I wrote the other day about big-money politics, not government, being the biggest threat to American commerce, the chorus is growing that innovation- a rallying cry for industries around the world- is also hindered by money and politics. … Continue reading →

I never had a great affinity for my German heritage when I was young. After all, Germans killed lots of people in my dad’s generation and twice interrupted his life because they couldn’t get over this in-charge-of-the-world thing. Strangely, in … Continue reading →

The greatest tragedy of the destructive and deceptive political rhetoric and propaganda being dumped upon us in record amounts (measured by tons?) is that real progress is prevented and even discouraged. Manufacturing and Technology News points this out very clearly … Continue reading →

America’s obsession with violence and death is no more apparent to me than when someone famous is pictured naked. The row over Britain’s Prince Harry romping about like a toddler in his birthday suit is just the latest example, though … Continue reading →

Supplies of natural gas are so great now that the U.S. is turning into an exporter of it. There’s so much of it, power plants are converting from coal and saving themselves and consumers millions of dollars and tons of … Continue reading →

I prefer to call myself a “Kentrepreneur”. But I’m a “temporary worker”. Have been for ten years and never been happier. Many of my friends have at different points in their lives and for several years at a time also … Continue reading →