Topic: Hoover Dam

Solar energy in Nevada. The next Hoover Dam?

Solar energy plant in Boulder, Nev., is America's largest. President Obama compares pioneering solar energy project with Hoover Dam.

Transcript of the State of the Union

President Obama's speech, as prepared for delivery by the White House.

Budget goblins needlessly scare off infrastructure spending

Tight state budgets prompt some politicians, such as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, to cancel or put off infrastructure investments in tunnels, roads, and rail. That's shortsighted.

Hoover's dam folly: Why Keynesian New Deal policies failed

Politicians cannot calculate the economic profits and losses of government interventions.

Too many 'straws' sucking water out of the Colorado River

Etc.

Herbert Hoover: The 31st President, 1929-1933

Despised at home, Hoover was a savior to many Europeans

Letters to the Editor

Readers write about what Obama should do to turn around the economic crisis, and why the free market needs a little more socialism.

An artificial flood does good in the Grand Canyon

Researchers hope controlled high flows from Glen Canyon Dam will help restore natural habitat.