The Future? Let’s Ask a Sci-Fi Writer

Via PJ Media: …given conditions as they exist today, where do you think we are headed in 20 years, and what will the world look like? PJ Media » The Future? Let’s Ask a Sci-Fi Writer Points: “I expect resurgent fascism in Italy, Spain, and France at a minimum, as...

Think tank recommends big military benefits cuts

Via Air Force Times: The Center for American Progress calls for capping pay raises, eliminating military health benefits for many retirees who are covered by an employer-provided plan, and reducing the value of military retired pay as well as making retirees wait...

US Air Force struggles with aging fleet

Via Charter: analysts say the Air Force has a real problem, and it will almost certainly get worse no matter who wins Tuesday’s election. It was created in part by a lack of urgency in the post-Cold War era, and by design glitches and cost overruns that have...

Battling the Enemies of Innovation

Via LinkedIn: It takes 13 years to take a new healthcare innovation from the point where we’ve demonstrated its benefit to the point where it has been established as the standard of care. We need to reform our medical institutions so that they energize innovation...

Profile of Amazon’s impact on a region

The Amazon mystique: “With some 10,000 well-paid headquarters jobs, Amazon is the backbone of the revitalization of South Lake Union and is playing a big role in the center city boom. The outfit that likes operating in near anonymity plans three towers in the...