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Well sh*t, there went that idea.

I highly recommend The Making of the Atomic Bomb. I listened to the audiobook last year. It starts with the scientific advances, beginning in the late 19th century, and continues u…

Some, if not most, of this is a result of the insurance system. The insurance companies only pay x% of any given item, therefore the hospitals have to jack prices through the roof …

I've floated this idea around but what I found out was that it's against our state's laws to have such open contracts. Changing the state law would be difficult (road builders have…

Well said. I could not agree with this more.

That estimate is based on the fact that since the last true independent company in our area was bought out by the big guys, prices for all subsequent jobs rose 15% - 20%. I'm all f…

As a Republican elected official in a southeastern state, I have a front-row seat to what this article points at. The road construction industry used to be a great opportunity for …