Morning Reading, selected articles of interest from various publications.

The Man Who Ate the G.O.P.
In an ailing radio industry, with a graying audience and a pro-government landscape, Rush Limbaugh should be shuffling off into irrelevancy. Instead, his ever more outrageous attacks have everyone debating whether he’s the G.O.P.’s de facto leader, while the party shapes its ideology to fit his needs.
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Engineers use composite materials to extend life of existing bridges
“This is the kind of technology that will allow our existing infrastructure – as well as new bridges – to be safer for longer,” said Ron Barrett-Gonzalez, associate professor of aerospace engineering at KU. “The use of composites can double or more the life of these steel structures, and the application is created with an eye toward cost and ease of use.”
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Does anyone get it yet? Part II, by Robert Ringer
Under the Articles of Confederation, the central government of America was very weak – which was a good thing. It was true then, and it’s true now: You can have a strong government and a weak people, or a strong people and a weak government – but you cannot have both. Today, we have a draconian, out-of-control government and a very weak people.
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