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The National Swindle

Crockett Grabbe, Ph.D.© 2011

Government documents from the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) Committee on the Sept. 11, 2001 disasters at the World…

The Japanese Nuclear Accident

Crockett Grabbe, Ph.D.© 2011

We all watched for weeks the news last March about the 6 reactors involved in nuclear accidents because of the earthquake and Tsunami in that area near Sendai, JAPAN. There were reactors blowing up (probably from steam pressure that was unabated because of the reactor…

Remember the Challenger

Crockett Grabbe, Ph.D.© 2011

Twenty-six years ago NASA launched the shuttle Challenger with 7 astronauts aboard, including the heralded teacher Christa McAuliffe who had been chosen out of a pool of over 11,000 applicants. They never made it to space, but plunged to…

Many are fond of the phrase "stupid criminals". It conjures up images like the bumbling terrorist, or crimes committed with a dead-giveaway to the police. However, stupidity in crimes can hurt more than those who commit them.

A case in point is the burglar who stole a large computer of mine in April while I was in Iowa finalizing my business there. He/she may have gotten $50 on the street for that hardware. Unfortunately that computer…