Each day that I drive the 11 miles from my house to the university, I cross nine of America’s 601,396 bridges (as of 2008). Those nine are not likely to collapse. I […]
I-35W bridge and the nation's infrastructure: Little has changed
If someone dumped 99 tons of sand on you, and you weren’t in good shape, you’d collapse, too. The National Transportation Safety Board has released its fifth update of its investigation of […]
Quotabull
He’s about as much an outdoorsman as Woody Allen. He can’t row. — Dr. O. H. Frazier of the Texas Heart Institute, a longtime collaborator of artificial heart pioneer Dr. Robert Jarvik […]
I-35W bridge downed by design flaw; infrastructure issues fade from headlines
Buried inside the nation’s news pages — lost among the big takeout stories about which presidential candidate said what to whom with what insulting effect, President Bush’s confusing trip to the Middle […]
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