Orphaned children in care abused, beaten

Sad facts in state orphanages and foster homes...nearly half of the children said they have negative experience in care. " VULNERABLE children in Victorian state institutions were treated "as things, not human beings", a disturbing new report reveals. Children were...

Opinion: Ever feel like cell carriers and ISPs don't like you?

Ever get the feeling that your cellphone and internet service companies don't really care about you, or any other customer? You're not alone."In almost every industry, companies find reason to dislike their customer base.  And although it's no different in the technology...

Oldtimers keep coming back for run/walk

"Oldtimers keep coming back for run/walk By Photo by Steve Gerace Gene Moyer, left, and Harry Daniell enjoy a laugh before climbing the Castle Street stage stairs to be recognized for their top finishes in the 2007 Mount Shasta...

9 Worst popular movies in recent memory

"This was made from Alice Walker’s book, Why I Don’t Like American Black Men. Judging from the pictures on the dust jackets, I don’t think she’s their type either."

A whopping 4,000 bands of hope for missing Madeleine McCann have been snapped...

"A whopping 4,000 bands of hope for missing Madeleine McCann have been snapped up at one newsagent - more than the population of the village in which it stands. The Mercury Mercury News shop in Rothley, where the McCann family lives, has sold more of the distinctive green and...

Artifact: A Chilling Tale of Global Warming

From Reason Magazine (h/t FR)"The United Nations has ventured into children’s publishing with a scary story about a small boy who loses a dogsled race because of global warming. In November the odd little picture book cum policy brief, Tore and the Town on Thin Ice, made...

The 25 Worst Web Sites

PC World has published a list of the 25 worst web sites. A must-read. Their assessment of the #1 worst web site is absolutely spot-on.

E-mail mistakes that make you look bad

"I get an awful lot of e-mail. Sometimes, people are looking for help with their computers. Some of it is fan mail. Other folks are mad about something I said or wrote. Add to this the barrage of press releases and an occasional blast from the past when a former classmate or...

Racism and Harold Ford

"His loss in the Tennessee Senate race taught a bad lesson. Quite simply, if he were white, he would have won. For almost a day now, I've been stewing over Harold Ford. I wasn't particularly rooting for him, given that I agree with only about 30% of anything I've ever heard...

8 e-mail mistakes that make you look stupid

I get an awful lot of e-mail. Sometimes, people are looking for help with their computers. Some of it is fan mail. Other folks are mad about something I said or wrote. Add to this the barrage of press releases and an occasional blast from the past when a former classmate or...