Science & Technology

Shows how this man of the mind designed and strove to develop a city of technology, industry, and commerce like none other to this day.

Tells the story of how a real-life Nat Taggart created one of the most life-serving industrial concerns ever to grace the face of the Earth.

Elucidates the proper roles of government and charity in health care.

Jules Klapper reviews Appetite for America: How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West, by Stephen Fried.

Surveys the life of the great tycoon and finds him to be rich in more ways than one.

Investor’s Business Daily recently exposed one of the lies behind the Energy Department’s efforts to force Americans to be “more green.” The department reportedly claims the new [energy efficiency] standards will save consumers from $250 billion to $300 billion on their energy costs through 2030. But that’s what Democrats always…

Looks at the accomplishments and legacy of a great hero of science, Herman Boerhaave, the nearly forgotten father of modern medicine, who may well be responsible for the fact that you are still alive.

Examines the life of Richard Feynman, and finds this great scientist and educator to be heroic in more ways than meet the eye.

Compares and contrasts the cost, quality, and accessibility of government-regulated, rights-violating medicine with that of free-market, rights-respecting medicine and finds, once again, that the moral is the practical.

Frederick Seiler reviews The Beginnings of Western Science: The European Scientific Tradition in Philosophical, Religious, and Institutional Context, Prehistory to A.D. 1450, 2nd ed., by David C. Lindberg.