Letters From the Jobless in America

From a citizen in New York: To revive the economy, I think that both smart infrastructure programs and a bottom-up stimulus package are what is most needed. I'm also in favor of allowing bankruptcy judges to...

$521,000: The average pay of Goldman Sachs employees ­ and that includes sec...

Just in case you thought you were paid enough for what you do...... " They call it Goldmine Sachs. And well they might. Because the Wall Street giant has become the first major investment bank to see its average salary top half a million dollars. ...

Obama Gets Rick-Rolled

This is a very strange election year!"As supporters’ excitement builds in anticipation of the presidential conventions, a new video has hit YouTube featuring clever editing of Barack Obama “singing” to Rick...

David Cameron Gets Obama's Ear

UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown and Opposition Leader, David Cameron, today fought for the ear of Senator Obama in a "Battle of PR".  David Cameron, perhaps won the battle after boom...

Kenyan police shoot protesters

"Government troops fired at people who answered the Kenyan opposition's call for nationwide protests of the outcome of last month's presidential elections on Wednesday. Police shot three protesters in Kibera, a...

Israel-Palestine Mediation Bush-style

"Mediation Bush-style Bush's visit to Israel was preceded by the seizure of swathes of Palestinian land and the announcement that there will be no halt in settlement building. What hope for negotiations then, asks Saleh Al-Naami Click to view caption OFFICIAL VERSUS POPULAR:...

Petraeus says US surge has 'not worked out'

The acknowledgement by Petraeus that the situation in Iraq is "exceedingly complex" and that progress had been "uneven" probably means in plain English that this war is a hopeless situation with no end in sight....

Mother's Day: release the cash!

"As the second Sunday in May nears, florists, jewellers and candy shops ready their tills and replenish their stock in anticipation of scrambling shoppers gearing up for Mother's Day gifts. Canadians will spend an...

Sleepless For The Sopranos

"Anxious anticipation. It's had its grip on me over the last few years, at times for months, sometimes years. I've been wondering, hoping, praying, and begging that it would go away but to no avail. Sleepless nights spent pondering the future and trying to remember the past."

Election advertising ready to roll

"The writ has yet to be dropped, but a wave of advertising is already growing in anticipation of the coming provincial election, expected in the next few months."

The Fresh Face of US Presidential Race.

"It is 9 A.M. on a fresh, sunny Saturday in Rockford, Ill., and nearly a thousand people have gathered in the gymnasium at Rock Valley College to participate in a town meeting with their Senator, Barack Obama. It...

How Iran's Revolution Created 'Muslim Lite'

"About five days before the start of Ramadan, in anticipation of a long month of abstinence, my upstairs neighbor's kid threw a house party. Car after car unloaded young men with spiky, gelled hair, and young women in tight jeans and spiky heels. The sound system, I believe,...

2nd warning for Muslims to leave U.S. before attack

"Another Pakistani journalist is reporting receiving another threat – this one from a senior Taliban leader – warning all Muslims to leave the U.S. in anticipation of a major terrorist attack before the...

The Bay Area Holds Its Collective Breath As the A's Head Home to Clinch

"Tuesday morning I found myself arriving at work both excited and downcast. I knew why I was excited: because the anticipation of a playoff game includes an unmistakable blend of "hoprehension"--the mixture that is equal parts "hope" and "apprehension". Why was I subdued?...

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