Aussie spinner tested +ve for Cocaine

"New Aussie spin bowler Jason Krejza, in line for a Test debut in the first Test against India at Bangalore, has revealed that he was the victim of a drink-spiking incident that resulted in a positive drug test two years back. Krejza, then a New South Wales player, said his...

Wall Street will crash on Monday! « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

" Last Friday Wall Street suffered its worst losses in more than two months after crude oil prices spiked over $138, an increase of nearly $11, and the unemployment rate rose more than expected to 5.5 per cent. The Dow fell by 3.2 per cent or 394.64 points. Expect a bigger...

Anti-humanism of the misanthropes

Frank Furedi at Spiked takes the contemporary doom-mongering misanthropes to task in this essay (via Arts & Letters Daily); that one doesn't agree or necessarily agree with all of his analysis doesn't diminish the force of much of what he writes.Probably the most...

The teenage face of Bush and Blair (by Daniel Ben-Ami)

It seems like the authentic voice of a teenage girl confronting the sudden recognition of the terrible scourge of world poverty. From her bedroom Lonelygirl15, also known as Bree, tells anyone who is prepared to watch her online video about her shocking...