Most readers make stuff from metals or make equipment to make that stuff. So, let’s look at what and where we get some of the more unusual metals, most of which are scarce and costly.

Some readers could help the U.S. and the world by manufacturing a different kind of furnace. Let me explain.

The National Association of Manufacturers promotes many facts about our manufacturing sector.

This column has addressed issues of climate change four times in the past 11 years. Let’s do it again, but this time get to the factual heart of it.

A paper titled “How Perception of Fossil Fuel Futures Have Evolved,” which was published in late February, is unpopular with climate-change advocates across the country.

In April 2006, this column described the origins of the iron industry in America. Then, in April 2018, Industrial Heating’s cover story was about blacksmithing.

It was a year ago (March 2018) that this column addressed the need for Congressional term limits, something the public overwhelmingly endorses.

Manufacturers of all types account for approximately one-third of GDP and national employment. For every employee in the industrial base, four others are employed elsewhere based on that manufacturing output.

The Articles of Confederation was the first definition of our national government. Finalized in 1777, it was not until 1781 that all 13 states ratified the document.

Although it will be difficult to cover on one page, this column is about employer-supplied health insurance and the costs that are getting out of hand.