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Geotimes March 2006 Linda Rowan	Fueling America's Innovation Now Meeting America's energy needs represents a major component of the creeping crisis of a shrinking skilled workforce and dampened technological advances in the US and may be the Sputnik moment we need to gain necessary advancements in research and math and science education.
Geotimes March 2006 Naomi Lubick	Patrick Leahy: Traversing Boundaries Since he stepped into the position of acting director of the USGS, Leahy has traveled widely and visited a variety of sites across the US and abroad, addressing the survey's many and varied activities. That variety reflects the evolving interests and career of this hydrologist-turned-manager.
IEEE Spectrum March 2006 C. A. Fowler	Asymmetric Warfare: A Primer The armed forces of United States are the most capable military ever assembled. Are they designed, however, to handle a determined insurgency? Here's a look using famous engineer Frederick W. Lanchester's Mathematics in Warfare as a guide.
Reason March 2006 Veronique de Rugy	Are We Ready for the Next 9/11? The sorry state -- and stunning waste -- of homeland security spending.
Reason March 2006 Cathy Young	Torturing Logic Who would have imagined immediately after 9/11, that four years later we would be having a debate on whether and how much the United States should torture prisoners.
Reason March 2006 James Bovard	Dead Man Tells No Tales Americans once were taught that the press would serve as a check on government powers. That platitude is fading as news professionals show less regard for private citizens than for officials who can provide exclusive access and tips.
Reason March 2006 John J. Pitney	The Silence of the Cats Book Review: In his new autobiography Herding Cats: A Life in Politics, Trent Lott still refuses to speak frankly about racism.
Reason March 2006 Ronald Bailey	Breaking Rent New Orleans City Council President Oliver Thomas apparently wants to finish the job begun by Hurricane Katrina. He is planning to institute rent controls on the houses and apartments that remain.
Reason March 2006 Matt Welch	Terror in Nebraska PATRIOT Act abuses: Investigators in the most terrorist-targeted areas of the country -- Manhattan, Los Angeles, D.C. -- hadn't used their sneak and peek authority even once. Here are the regions that used it the most.
Reason March 2006 Jacob Sullum	Have Gun, Won't Travel America's gun-free school zones law has turned millions of Americans into accidental felons.
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