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...more than helium-filled sacs with gondolas swinging beneath them, rising no more than 20 or 25 miles, barely twice as high as military jets and complete captives of the wind. Yet while ballooning may seem the antithesis of the space age, it is exciting renewed interest as a low-cost alternative to costly orbital labs...
Cheap water courtesy of the Federal Government costs taxpayers well in excess of $1 billion a year. The low-cost water comes not from a single subsidy but from an accumulation of subsidies. Over the years, taxpayers have funded the vast infrastructure that provides the water--dams, reservoirs, canals, locks, pumping stations, hydroelectric turbines, such as Washington State's massive Columbia Basin Project. The Federal Government picks up the tab, then bills farmers a sum equal to only a small portion of the actual cost of construction. Then it gives them 40 to 50 years to pay off their share...
...daily online column: Wrong! Sure, some people shift in and out of stocks so rapidly that they undermine their returns. Some people also gamble compulsively. Others drink too much or abuse drugs. Overdoing anything can be hazardous. But overtrading is no more the fault of low-cost, online investing than America's swelling waistlines are the fault of its ever more efficient farmers...
...Low-cost color printers have helped arts and crafts go digital, letting kids print everything from pendants to doll clothes. But has the craze gone too far? Mattel Media's Barbie Nail Designer software lets girls design and print nail stickers in an array of colorful patterns. But parents might want to check the price before buying: the software costs just $20, but ink can go fast, and cartridges cost...
While many claim that they care about labor issues, I am the only candidate who was selected by the AFL-CIO to investigate the impact of so-called "maquiladores"--cross-border factories set up by American corporations to exploit low-cost Mexican labor and lax environmental enforcement. I am also the only candidate in the race who has officially refused to take money from political action committees...