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Opinion: Caution -- Big Risks Ahead

(Jan. 4) -- If the past decade is notable for anything, it's the number of times we said to ourselves, "Things will never be the same." Isn't that what we said after 9/11? After Hurricane Katrina? After Lehman Brothers collapsed? After our government bailed out Citibank, AIG and General Motors? These are things most of us...

Opinion: Dude, Where's My Flying Car?

(Nov. 18) -- I turned 40 this year and, alas, like many before me who've entered middle age, I've fallen quite short of my long-term career goal. In my case, that was to become a space-suited technician in a dusty lunar city. AP Photo/Heinz Ducklau This year also happens to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the...