Congress, for the 18th time since 1976, failed to pass a budget for the fiscal year. For most of the population, things will go on as they have, but for 800,000 “non-essential” government employees, The United States seems to be at a standstill. Agencies including the National Park Service, NASA, the EPA, the NSF, the […]
Author: David Lawrence Hadaller III
I come from a place that's just south of nowhere U.S.A.: the town of Woodbury. Its a town that's nestled in the Catskills up around Bear Mountain; the landscape there is absolutley beautiful. Although I love to trail run and boulder up the mountains (that's rock climbing short distances without a harness), I can't picture myself living anywhere but the city.
Meet Ernest Moniz: The Energy Secretary
Past the bold headlines of front-page news are stories that often seem trivial or inconsequential, but are actually of incredible importance; you may have seen a fleeting trend-line in the news: “Obama Nominates Moniz of MIT to head DOE.” Ernest Moniz, a physicist, MIT professor, and specialist in energy-policy, was recently appointed to head The […]