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It seems like we hear about a new breakthrough in technology every other month and then we never hear about it again. Some of that is over-optimistic, misunderstood and exaggerated reporting. But the rest of it is scale. Carbon nanotubes are a great example of this. Scientists have...

Gov. Mark Dayton and legislative leaders convened in January with a common goal of "progress for Minnesotans on education, job creation and better government." Four months later, the Legislature's adjournment left more questions than achievements. Why are teachers not required to...

It shouldn't take much discussion to convince today's students they should take a second look at pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and math.

When I was in college getting a degree in computer science, we would joke at all the terminology that we learned. In retrospect the terminology was the easy part, but there was a lot of it. There were so many acronyms that we had acronyms to describe them. TLAs are Three Letter...

As Goodhue County attorney, I have been involved with assisting the Goodhue County Board and the County Planning Advisory Commission in their review of issues surrounding silica (frac) sand mining, processing and transportation here. The Goodhue County zoning ordinance contains...

Last week brought Wisconsin more good news as we work to improve our state's finances and encourage job creation. On the state budget, new tax collection data and revenue projections now show that over $500 million in revenue growth will occur over a three-year period, indicating...

What has happened to "good customer service"? This was the topic of discussion of some business CEOs recently based on this column three weeks ago where I wrote that "good customer service is not only the right thing to do, but it also makes good business sense." The consensus...

Our Internet and cellphone network infrastructure is not designed to handle all possible users at one time. It actually makes very little business sense to build up an infrastructure that can handle the maximum possible load all of the time. There would be an incredible amount of...

Do you believe all Minnesota citizens should be treated equally? As the rare Republican that opposed the marriage amendment two years ago, I've heard from many people who have encouraged me to protect marriage, and many others who say I should allow any adult to marry the person...