July 2008

One word to die by. That is all I needed. Cause of death: electrocution. When my wife told me how a local FOX news station described what happened to a pair of workers when they...

Kicked in the side. Pushed onto sharp objects. Rolled through muck and mud. Life in skid row can be rough—and so can the life of a skid-steer tire. While it takes a level of toughness...

Bang for your buck Today’s world is a very different place. For example, 100 columns ago when I bought a used car, it came with a free keychain and a handshake. Today when you...

Bridges built to accommodate airplane traffic are becoming more common throughout the U.S. Existing airport site constraints have forced the use of runway and taxiway bridges ...

Walls of fire are supposed to trigger alarms. It appears nothing was going off in the heads of those behind the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21). When lawmakers...