While there are more humane approaches to detecting carbon monoxide available today, coal mines used canaries beginning in 1911 at the advice of Scottish scientist John Haldane. Carbon monoxide is a colorless and odorless gas that causes suffocation when it is concentrated in the air, so having a way to detect it in a mine was lifesaving if you weren’t a songbird. Once the chi
Labor is in short supply. Just take a look at the current unemployment rate of 3.4 percent (tied for the lowest level going back decades).
With the unofficial start to summer right around the corner, “Summertime” from George Gershwin’s opera Porgy and Bess which premiered in Boston in 1935 is frequently playing on the Atlas jukebox. This story centers around an African American couple living in South Carolina on Charleston’s impoverished Catfish Row.
With the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting behind us, growing focus is directed to America’s budget. Expect more of this type of discussion in the news as May wears on because our nation is near its debt limit. Leadership is expected to meet next week to discuss the matter which could come to a head in early June. Unfortunately, busy calendars and trips out of the c
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