Instead of the metric system, we are stuck in the Dark Ages using inches, feet and yardsticks. Instead of national health care catering to the needs of all its citizens, we have a system which ...

The metric system obviously didn’t create a just and peaceful world; good measurement is necessary for justice, but it doesn’t guarantee it.

The international language of measurement is the metric system.” Imagine, he said, knowing metric but having to learn English. Originally Published: February 28, 1994 at 1:00 AM CST ...

Lincoln Chafee will get my American system ruler when he pries it from my cold dead hand – and that’s cold in Fahrenheit, not Centigrade!

Proponents of the metric system claim all three nations have a shameful similarity: They use imperial measurements—feet, pounds, and miles—instead of meters, grams, and kilometers.

All countries use the metric system to varying degrees. Most of the world has adopted the metric system as their official system of measurement with one major exception: the United States.

Ever wondered what happened to our country’s conversion to the metric system? I did too. So, I did some digging and turned up some dead bodies in the process. Advertisement Article continues ...

Why can’t we choose one form of measurement? It turns out there’s a lot of national pride and history wrapped up in our inches and pounds — not to mention money and politics.