‘Most older workers are giving up the traditional idea of retirement and “want” to keep working into their seventies, ministers say. In a study commissioned for the Government, just 17 per cent of people in […]
‘Society, respective of where you reside, will layout what is accepted as right and wrong but it often never takes into account what the Soul desires to experience and with whom it has agreed to […]
‘A U.S. airstrike that was ignored by the corporate media killed at least 50 Syrian civilians late December, in an attack on Islamic State headquarters, according to an eyewitness and a Syrian opposition human rights […]
‘In June 2014, it was widely reported that the government had abandoned plans to privatise child protection services. However, these services are still under threat. When the Department for Education published draft regulations that would […]
‘The Palestinian Prisoner Society says Israel tortures the Palestinian inmates by putting them in outdoor detention amidst severe cold. The group has filed an appeal with the Israeli High Court, calling on Israeli officials to […]
‘Like a scene out of Nazi Germany, French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced Tuesday that 10,000 Army troops will be deployed into the streets to secure “sensitive points” in wake of the recent shooting […]
‘Carmen de Bolivar, Colombia has become ground zero in the international debate over HPV vaccine safety, efficacy, and need. After the administration of the 2nd dose of Gardasil in local schools, beginning in March 2014, […]
‘The scenario is in a dystopian future, where small, nearly undetectable unmanned flying machines are spying on the citizenry. These flying surveillance units hover overhead, peek into windows and have been known to carry a […]
‘Most people celebrate the New Year by making resolutions. The city of New Orleans rang in 2015 by keeping one. At 6 p.m. on Jan. 2, social workers in New Orleans moved the city’s last […]
‘If you think the last few days of record setting snow and cold in Parts of upstate New york is just a freak event, than your not going to like what I am about to […]
‘In order to protest what they view as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s mistreatment of cops, the NYPD has scaled back its ticket-writing. The result? Crime has not increased but the government’s revenues […]
‘On March 6, 2012, six British soldiers were killed in Afghanistan by a roadside explosive device, and a national ritual of mourning and rage ensued. Prime Minister David Cameron called it a “desperately sad day […]
“Whether one is a conservative or a radical, a protectionist or a free trader, a cosmopolitan or a nationalist, a churchman or a heathen, it is useful to know the causes and consequences of economic phenomena.” That quotation, from Nobel laureate George J. Stigler, is how Dr. Thomas Sowell begins the fifth edition of “Basic Economics.” It’s a book that explains complex economic phenomena in a way that many economists cannot. And, I might add, it provides an understanding of some economic phenomena that might prove elusive to a Ph.D. economist. “Basic Economics” is a 653-page book, not including the … Continue reading →
We all do it – and that includes the cops who spend their days giving ustickets for doing it. Of course, they enjoy legal impunity to speed as much as they like, as often as they like. “Speed” only “kills,” it seems, when one is not wearing a special costume. At any rate, since we all drive faster than the posted speed limit, at least occasionally – even Clovers – it seems right and proper that we do what we can to avoid being dunned for doing it. And feel no moral guilt about practicing such avoidance. Our ancestors felt no … Continue reading →