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In Moore, just as in Tuscaloosa, the power of...
Posted by Tom Jackson on May 24, 2013
When tornados struck Tuscaloosa on April 27, 2011, a spontaneous army of tens of thousands of volunteers fanned out ...
U.S. needs to “Think Big” like Germany if...
Posted by Tom Jackson on May 03, 2013
More fun than a video game. Teens at Think Big were encouraged to try their hand and equipment simulators. Contractors ...
Obama budget slashes funding for DERA’s emissions...
Posted by Tom Jackson on Apr 12, 2013
Copies of President Obama's 2014 Fiscal Year Budget. Credit: Associated Press Let’s see...Solyndra gets $535 million in government cheese, goes ...
Smart, skilled class of contractors necessary to...
Posted by Tom Jackson on Mar 26, 2013
In this era of partisan news both sides will spin any facts any way to make their side look better. ...
Why construction unions are wrong in fighting...
Posted by Tom Jackson on Mar 26, 2013
Ah politics! Strange bedfellows. Even stranger enemies. One would think the universal brotherhood of union workers would welcome with solidarity the ...
We’ve got our walking shoes packed for Bauma:...
Posted by Marcia Gruver Doyle on Mar 25, 2013
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers calls bauma “ a Disneyland for equipment lovers,” and we couldn’t agree more. Just watch the video ...
Opinion: Jeb Bush’s immigration solution...
Posted by Tom Jackson on Mar 11, 2013
Jeb Bush One might have known that the best idea to come forth on immigration in decades is now being ...
Report: renewables will lead to blackouts in the...
Posted by Tom Jackson on Mar 01, 2013
This is what happens when politics trump engineering. California is being warned of impending blackouts because there’s insufficient electrical generating ...
Undocumented workers make up half of Texas’...
Posted by Tom Jackson on Feb 26, 2013
A report released Thursday alleges that half of the construction workers in Texas are undocumented, aka illegal aliens. Why is nobody ...
Opinion: Carbon tax bill would hurt job growth
Posted by Tom Jackson on Feb 13, 2013
That was fast. The pundits hadn’t even stopped pontificating on President Obama’s State of the Union speech when it was announced ...





