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Local Television Beats the Internet 26 Aug 2013 | 10:02 pm
There are big bucks on the boob tube. When I was a kid, one of my mother’s most common chastisements was to turn off the TV and go do something else. In her mind, anything was better than sitting rele...
4-D Printing: The Solution to a $350 Billion Problem? 26 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
You’ve heard about 3-D printing technology. It’s poised to revolutionize the future of manufacturing globally. We call it the “Click, Print Anything Revolution.” But do you know about 4-D printing? ...
How to Spark a Fear Rally 26 Aug 2013 | 07:25 pm
The sky is falling. Investors are panicking. But the market? The S&P is down about 2.5% from its August 2nd peak. What you’re witnessing right now is the perfect recipe for a fear rally. I briefly...
The Phony Trade-Off Between Privacy and Security 26 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Most people take it for granted — because they’ve heard it so many times from politicians and pundits — that they must trade some privacy for security in this dangerous world. The challenge, we’re tol...
U.S. Oil Boom “Bonanza” — Pioneer Hits Pay Dirt In The Spraberry 26 Aug 2013 | 06:12 pm
I’ve been itching ever since we began talking about West Texas oil — the Permian Basin, including the Spraberry and Wolfcamp formations. Oil is flowing from this shale patch at an alarmingly high rat...
Latest War is a Defense Bureaucrat’s Wet Dream 24 Aug 2013 | 03:26 am
Two airmen, Jones and Davis, were assigned to the induction center, where they advised new recruits about their government benefits, especially their GI insurance. Airman Davis went right to it with a...
USCYBERCOM and the Fifth Domain of War 23 Aug 2013 | 07:50 pm
Heavy military funding of transformative technology is a recent phenomenon in human history. But it’s enough to clear a forecast for how cyber wartime may play out in the future. Back in the old days...
The Hidden Story Behind the NASDAQ Glitch 23 Aug 2013 | 07:32 pm
Someone over at the NASDAQ plugged in the hairdryer while the toaster was still on… There were plenty of quips like this one flying around Twitter yesterday after the NASDAQ short-circuited. After al...
The Spraberry Formation: Cash In From This 1951 Time Magazine Article 23 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
“As the capital of the West Texas oil industry, the town of Midland (pop. 23,000) had an odd distinction; it had never had a boom of its own” Time Magazine writes. “The land around Midland had been dr...
A Sweet Spot Off the Budget Butcher Block 22 Aug 2013 | 11:22 pm
I have a new investment recommendation for Daily Reckoning readers. The idea is squarely in the middle of the high-tech materials space. It’s true cutting-edge! (Heck, NASA and many U.S. national labs...
