by tjb | Jan 26, 2023 | Author's Posts
Hyatt Regency Hotel Collapse On July 17, 1981, the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, suffered the structural collapse of two overhead walkways. Loaded with partygoers, the concrete and glass platforms cascaded down, crashing onto a tea dance in the lobby,...
by tjb | Jan 19, 2023 | Author's Posts
Hubble Telescope NASA has always recruited the best-of-the-best scientific, engineering, and management talent. What happened with the Hubble telescope? * Hubble was the first telescope designed to be maintained in space by astronaughts. * The telescope was...
by tjb | Jan 11, 2023 | Author's Posts
Congress’ Debacle-2022 A recent debacle in Congress revealed two embarrassing truths about America to the world. 1. America’s government of, by, and for the people is a myth. 2. Any fool can be elected to a seat in Congress. THE MYTH It took 15 votes to...
by tjb | Jan 5, 2023 | Author's Posts
* The following remarks were made by retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter during a 2012 interview. “I think some of the aspects of current American government, that the people on both sides find frustrating, are in a function of the inability of people to...
by tjb | Dec 28, 2022 | Author's Posts
NYCHA Problems * What is NYCHA?…The New York City Housing Authority is the largest public housing authority in North America. NYCHA was created in 1935 to provide decent affordable housing for the low and moderate income new yorkers. It consists of 339,900...
by tjb | Dec 22, 2022 | Author's Posts
Electoral College * In 1787 the founding fathers created the Constitution of the United States. Within that document was the framework for a government for “we the people” and the framework for the Electoral College. The Electoral College was created...
