Without an accurate accounting picture, federal agencies do not know the costs of their programs and do not have the financial information needed to make informed day-to-day decisions. The government's failure to maintain common accounting standards creates the possibility that billions of dollars have been stolen or wasted.
Why it's not really possible with public education. (Commentary by Tibor R. Machan)
The Wright Brothers are so unusual from today's perspective, and still inspiring, because they did it all themselves. Tinkerers running an Ohio bicycle shop in the 1890s, the Wrights decided that by rethinking old assumptions and performing careful experiments good old Yankee ingenuity they could realize one of mankind's oldest dreams.
