Child benefit: would someone give IDS a brain scan and quickly?

I would like to volunteer to be shrunk and placed inside Iain Duncan Smith's brain. I'm reluctant (who wouldn't be?), but after his declaration that poor unemployed people with more than two children should lose...

University of Notre Dame's Academic Reputation Deflating?

Is the University of Notre Dame's academic reputation deflating? Some think so after last month's Notre Dame students protested for gay rights following the University's newspaper, The Observer, printing a cartoon...

Notre Dame Students Protest for Gay Rights

Notre Dame students continue protesting for Gay Rights after the University's student newspaper, The Observer, ran a cartoon earlier this month that advocated beating, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender...

Mumbai terrorist came from Pakistan, local villagers confirm

A British newspaper has rebuffed Pakistani government's denial of any links with Mumbai terrorists. The Observer, a British newspaper, has found sole surviving terrorists in Mumbai Attack belonging to Pakistan....

Circling The Wheelchair and Deconstructing Carole With Vision Party Co-Chair...

Mike Magee is co-chair of the Vision Vancouver Party.  Linda Solomon met up with Mike at Chill Winston in Gastown to talk politics.  The interview follows.  This is the first installment of a...

Find your Dinner in the (Garbage) Bin...The Remnants of the Day...

Food Pantries and Kitchen are known to visit Food Distributors, Restaurants and Supermarkets to collect the Remnants of the Day... Some people take it a step further, green minded 'Freegans' rescue all they can from the garbage bins of food stores.

The Salad Gospel according to Nigel Slater

I would not trade my kingdom for a salad but in the warmer months it definitely gets pole position on my lunch choices.

Cognacs and Rums: Tried and Tested by the Observer Food Monthly

A Cognac or an Armagnac is the best way to bring a leisurely holiday meal to a close. Discover a few you might like.

'Hospital Food...Enough to Make you Sick' says The Observer

Controversy likes company. Can hospital food get you sick in addition to your...condition?

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