Chaos for London as bus strike looms

To overseas visitors the London Bus is as much a symbol of England itself as of just the capital city and perhaps this strike is indicative of things to come across Britain as belts tighten and public and private...

Washington Post 'Fesses Up: Obama Gets More Coverage (But They're Not Alone)

At long last, some members of the media are starting to look at the Barack Obama celebrity phenomenon, and evaluate how he's been covered vs. other candidates. The results, including one comprehensive study noted in this article, are clear: the media loves Obama and features...

'The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian' by Sherman Alexie

While I have my issues with Alexie, he is one of the few real Indians read beyond the community.  How well non-Natives will comprehend or are willing to acknowledge is another matter.  - The...

Fire Witch Rising: Apartheid Amerika Imprisons Blacks Five Times More Than Wh...

And people ask me why I am so strong in my opinions on race in America.  Stupid question.  - The Angryindian-----------------------------------------------""DES MOINES, Iowa - Blacks in the United States...

Worry over girls' dominance at university

""There is a very substantial - and growing - disparity between the extent to which males and females participate in higher education," said Bahram Bekhradnia, the director of the Higher Education Policy Institute."

US Publishers Loonie over the US exchange rates

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ReaderUS Publishers seem not to take notice of the rising Canadian Dollar and refuse to recognize the exchange rate between Canada and the US, mandating US/Canadian Book and...

NY Times op-ed: 'Why the Imus-Coulter disparity?'

""Why the Imus-Couter disparity?" asks Robert Wright, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation who runs the Web site Bloggingheads.tv, in a guest column in Saturday's New York Times. A few days after radio host Don Imus was fired by CBS, Wright notes, "There has to be an...

Genes may play bigger preemie birth role

Genetics may play a greater role than previously thought in accounting for black women's higher rate of premature births, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have found. Experts have long attributed the racial disparity in part to poverty, disparate...

CEOs pass average Canadian salary by Jan. 2

CTV puts pay-scale inequity into concrete terms that we all can understand:"By the time most Canadians drag themselves into work on Tuesday after the holidays, the country's highest-paid CEOs will already have earned the average employee's annual salary. By 9:46 a.m. Tuesday,...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

India: rail and unreal

A new luxury train taking in many of the best known sights sounds the perfect introduction to the subcontinent. But what view of India do you have from its tinted windows? Nigel Richardson reports.
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Chaos for London as bus strike looms

To overseas visitors the London Bus is as much a symbol of England itself as of just the capital city and perhaps this strike is indicative of things to come across Britain as belts tighten and public and private...

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