0ne of the dominant trends in technological innovation has been engineers’ relentless success in stuffing ever more potatoes into the proverbial ten-pound sack. Bundles of copper cable the size of…

Only in the last 10 years has map production evolved from the esoteric territory of cartographers and geographers to desktop computers. Today, even someone with limited geographic literacy and computer…

My interview with John Kenneth Galbraith began with his asking me a question. Peering down from his 6 feet 8 inches, the 88-year-old Galbraith inquired, “Just how many hours do…

Much has been written about America’s love affair with the automobile. That’s why Nieman Reports is devoting the bulk of this edition to highways. What has been overlooked has been…

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WASHINGTON—April 24, 1997. Steve Wellington of Mesa, Ariz., tells the Senate Commerce Committee how an 80,000-pound double trailer truck killed his eight-month pregnant wife, Cathy, and seriously injured four of…

Why Do Newspapers Get So Close to Politicians On the Federal Transportation Bill?

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In the months before Utah began rebuilding its major north-south interstate, a public relations firm chose “’Satch” to guide motorists through the coming years of highway turmoil. Named after the…