Apparently you stopped reading too soon. There was a 1996 law mandating that the US government get OUT of the helium business so that private enterprise would pick it up and run with it. They were to be completely out of the helium business by 2015. So this is right on schedule. The problem is the failure of the…

I'm with you there. This new interface is actually kind of annoying unless you turn the screen horizontal. Having articles crammed into a narrow column is just silly and the navigation is horrible.