As Machine Learning Unlocks Predictions From DNA Databases, Scientists Say Parents Could Have Choices Never Before Possible BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman As in several previous articles in this column inspired by MIT publications, this author, an MIT alumnus and former mathematics instructor at the Institute, was granted permission to quote the January, 2018 edition […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman As Ralph Nader’s representative back in the last quarter of the 20th century, the author of this column first joined the efforts of his Center for Auto Safety, established in 1970, to help promote auto safety on our US highways. In order to follow up on this critical mission, I […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman As an MIT alumnus and former mathematics instructor at MIT, I received an alarming letter from MIT President Dr. L. Rafael Reif on December 20, 2017. This letter concerns the new federal tax bill and its impact on MIT and other institutions. “Unfortunately, despite extensive efforts by MIT, on our own […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman As we await the imminent decision of the Arizona Judge in the case of Goodyear’s refusal to release thousands of hidden documents as complained by the Center for Auto Safety, the Center has just filed a petition with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to investigate yet another critical auto […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman This newly released information was released by Congresswoman Janice Schakowsky of Illinois, who was recently credited by OMBUDSMAN ALERT along with Congresswoman Nita Lowey, for co-sponsoring HR 3449, the “Used Car Safety Recall Repair Act.” Schakowsky in two separate but identical letters written to Mr. John Bozella, President & CEO of […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT OMBUDSMAN The question in this article’s title was posed in an emergency coast-to-coast conference call held on Tuesday, October 3, 2017 by a coalition of leading safety and consumer advocates and families of victims of deadly vehicle defects which called on the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation to […]