We're Only in It for the Money...sanity at Work

Should work be meaningful? Is it just meant to be something you do to pay the bills, put food on the table and a roof over your head? As I was reading Money is the new secret of a happy job by Lucy Kellaway, yes, her again (FT, December 15), I thought of one of Frank Zappa's...

I Want to Believe: Licensing Religion in South Carolina

And it came to pass that in the State of South Carolina House of Representatives and Governor Mark Sanford intended to issue license plates picturing a gold cross and a stained glass window. The words...

EFF Challenges Constitutionality of Telecom Immunity in Federal Court

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, public interest advocacy org for rights in the digital age, has filed a brief in Federal Court challenging the Constitutionality of the telecom immunity bill. EFF is arguing there is no Constitutional authority for giving authority to...

Palin and Muslim Fundamentalists: "Is there a difference?"

"A theocrat is a theocrat, whether Muslim or Christian", according to an opinion piece authored by Juan Cole, salon.com, who poses the question, "What's the difference between Palin and Muslim fundamentalists?"...

Launch of Private Rocket Fails; Three Satellites Were Onboard

"A privately funded rocket was lost on its way to space Saturday night, bringing a third failure in a row to an Internet multimillionaire’s effort to create a market for low-cost space-delivery business. The failure occurred a little more than two minutes after...

The Greatest of All Time

"  The First 10 Amendments to theConstitution as Ratified by the StatesDecember 15, 1791 Preamble Congress OF THE United Statesbegun and held at the City of New York, on Wednesdaythe Fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.   THE...

Teacher Burns Students In The Name Of The Lord

"Sara - NYUSooo, the other day a teacher got in some mild trouble for burning crosses on his students’ arms. Just another day in the American public school system. No, but really, this happened. Apparently, a science teacher in Ohio had a high frequency generator, which he...

Blast in Public Crowd Killed Two; Absolute Terrorism

  by Mohan Nepali    June 14, 2008 Police says two persons have been killed while 15 others have been injured in a bomb blast in Rautahat district. The bomb, according to reports, exploded at a public bus park at Chandranigahapur in the district yesterday....

Blast in Public Crowd Killed Two; Absolute Terrorism

  by Mohan Nepali    June 14, 2008 Police says two persons have been killed while 15 others have been injured in a bomb blast in Rautahat district. The bomb, according to reports, exploded at a public bus park at Chandranigahapur in the district yesterday....

Shania Twain's hubby cheated

UPDATE:  Rumor on the street is that her hub hubs had an affair with Marie Ann Thiébaud, their longtime secretary and manager of their chateau in Switzerland.  "According to People, Shania and Robert's...

The Clinton Divorce

No, we don't mean Bill and Hillary. We mean the separation now under way between the Clintons and the Democratic Party. Like all divorces after lengthy unions, this one is painful and has had its moments of...

Is Suri Spinning Katie Holmes Out of Cruise Control?

To fulfill our celebrigossip quotient for the day: little Suri appears to be the cause of much conflict and confusion for these embattled Scientology celebs. Will their daughter tear them apart? " Crushed by...

Puppy Prozac - Gimme a Break!

As pharmaceutical companies are wont to do, here is yet another way to squeeze a dollar out of people who value and adore their dogs.  This time it's for "separation anxiety.""Depression and related disorders...

A Vison Of Students Today - Marketers, Please Pay Attention To This Video

NowPublic recently collaborated with Simon Fraser University in an experiment with the students in their TechOne Program.  The results were interesting.  Here is a video that provides a broader depiction...

Are You Vote Republican or Commie ?

My friend Jose Reyes analyzes the American political landscape and what led to the nowadays "split" into Republican and Democratic."The new Clinton presidential atmosphere at the white house was about youthfulness and change, starting with the song played when the final...

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