The Nightmare of Boeing's "Dreamliner"

Bad fasteners, delays in production, quality control problems, all of these brought about because Boeing tried to outsource on a world wide basis the fabrication of pieces of the 787 Dreamliner. Now, even more delays.

Will this bird EVER get off the ground?

Politics as Blood Sport

People who bemoan the state of politics don't know politics. Politics is about disagreements. It's a nasty business. Always has been. Always will be. There has been a shootout on the senate floor and more than one duel over political disagreements.

Politics ain't sitting down by a stream with your opponents and singing "Kumbaya" until you all achieve common agreements. So, Democrats, next time come to a political knife fight "armed" with something better than a flower bouquet. But you probably wont because you are against violence. Losers.

WTC Mosque

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens some some sobering thoughts on the controversy here.