Reading Market Intentions after the Credit Crunch

What was the reason most potential homeowners went for a long amortization and no down payment? It is because the banks know human nature well enough to exploit this one tendency: Good Intentions Rarely Translate...

Irani Trophy 2008-09: Preview

"The new season begins in earnest in Baroda when the star studded Rest of India team takes on the Ranji champions Delhi. With the series against Australia looming large, and the selectors more or less making their intentions clear, this match has suddenly gained epic...

New York Times Op-Ed: Israel Will Attack Iran

"Yes, you read my title correctly. Today's New York Times includes an op-ed piece by Benny Morris, a Professor of Middle Eastern history at Ben Gurion University. He claims Israel will most certainly attack Iran...

North America's 1st carbon tax rolls out under fire

"VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Civic leader Scott Nelson says he is as worried as anyone about global warming, but that does not make him happy to be one of the first North Americans to pay a carbon tax to curb climate change. Nelson, mayor of Williams Lake, British...

Valentine's Day economics

They're saying the average person will spend about 120 bucks on Valentine's Day this year, for a cumulative total of $17 billion. Perhaps it's better to be a non-practicing romantic."Valentine’s Day, the...

Violence Against Women Is Still a Problem in Saudi Arabia

" Abeer Mishkhas, abeermishkhas@arabnews.com Last Sunday, along with the rest of the world, Saudi Arabia celebrated a day dedicated to Eliminating Violence Against Women. Newspapers carried articles and editorials on the importance of the day and TV naturally gave the day a...

Lollapalooza: A NowPublic blog roundup

So it goes: 2007's Lollapalooza, the last of the great summer fests (give or take) went out this weekend, not with a whimper, but a bang. A stellar lineup and the accomodating people of Chicago's Grant Park...

Update: The 'DC Madam' Makes her Records Available for Download

Take a listen.  It's a gas.  - The Angryindian--------------------"And you can find them here. Palfrey writes: I have reason to believe the disk - containing a full set of the telephone records for...

Labour Calls Halt To NHS Changes

"First Minister Rhodri Morgan has said he intends to call a temporary halt to changes to Welsh hospital services. It follows objections to Labour's proposals for health "reconfiguration," a big issue in the assembly election. But campaigners at Llandudno Hospital, which would...

Push Towards Pay-As-You-Go Roads

Tony Blair has a lot to be remembered for, one will be having to pay an extra tax to travel by car, van, or lorry, and for ignoring the 79% of voters who are against road pricing..Presumably the other 21% in...

The truth about Eugenio Pacelli

Diogenes at Catholic World News's Off the Record on the continuing effort to defame Pope Pius XII. 

Cops Charge Niece in Craigslist-Fuelled House Ransack

UPDATE:"Police have accused Nichole M. Blackwell, age 28, of placing the ad in craigslist. The specific charges are: second degree burglary, first degree malicious mischief, first degree criminal...

Tire Reef Off Florida Proves a Disaster

Another example of the Law of Unintended Consequences -- good intentions one awry"FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A mile offshore from this city's high-rise condos and spring-break bars lie as many as 2 million old...

POV Point, Counterpoint – Global Warming Opinion Intentions :: MAXINE

"Usually, it is easy to just discount the views as coming from a very liberal, journalistic, and socialist camp. That is, until her [Ellen Goodman] latest attempt to place people who want to deny that the...

New brain scan can read intent

The potential for application of this technology--for people who are paralysed, for example--is very exciting. But there is also potential for invasion of privacy..."Brain scans have been developed which it is claimed can predict what a person is about to do. German, British...

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