Just how bad were George Washington’s teeth? This is a question that crops up from time to time when we as Americans think back to the founding fathers and the sacrifices they made in order for this country to become independent of Great Britain. Many of them gave their lives and their property in the […]
Michigan Senate moves to make vehicle hacking a serious felony
Recent proposed legislation in Michigan has researchers, computer security experts, automotive repair professionals, and others in the auto industry concerned about its impact on both consumers and cars. Michigan Senate Bill 927 would make it a felony to “intentionally access or cause access to be made to an electronic system of a motor vehicle to […]
New developments in Flint’s water crisis
This week Time Magazine named Virginia Tech professor Marc Edwards one of its 100 most influential people in the world for the work that he did exposing the Flint Water Crisis and the health risks and disasters that have come from gross negligence at both municipal and state levels and the deliberate masking of evidence […]
Will gold be found at the bottom of Lake Michigan this year?
In 2014 two Muskegon treasure hunters, Kevin Dykstra and Frederick J. Monroe, claimed to have located Le Griffon – which, if true, would be the find of a lifetime. They may have come closer to finding millions in lost Confederate gold as well. Le Griffon is considered to be the Holy Grail of Great Lakes […]
Will the Ferguson small business community be able to come back after the riots?
As the nation watched this week, protestors angry that the St. Louis County grand jury passed on indicting Officer Darren Wilson for Michael Brown’s death proceeded to riot and burn down quite a lot of Ferguson, Missouri. Fires blazed all night into Tuesday morning when the citizens were finally able to begin assessing the damage […]
Dallas hospital confirms Ebola, first U.S. victim
Ebola is here. On September 30, 2014 at 3:22 PM, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified the media that the patient in isolation at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas did, in fact, have the Ebola virus. Ebola has been spreading largely unchecked throughout West Africa, and there have been no attempts […]