Today officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC®) announced the names of over 16,000 Semifinalists in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,250 … Continue reading →
We are experiencing “sit-down” strikes at this time by the railroads. A sit-down strike could cost the economy more than $2 billion a day and disrupt deliveries of all kinds of goods and passenger traffic nationwide. Railroad workers are asking … Continue reading →
What is so special about an old abandoned bus? The bus was chronicled in Jon Krakauer’s 1996 book “Into the Wild,” followed later by director Sean Penn’s movie of the same name. This bus was the subject of many deadly … Continue reading →