France And The UK Could Be The Lynchpins Of Europe
By: John Browne Friday, January 18, 2013Over the past two months, Europe’s problems seem to have disappeared from the headlines. However, the new French Socialist government is pushing ahead with...
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Why America Performs Poorly On Nearly Every Measure Of Health
IT IS hardly news that America spends more on health care than any other country. Nor is it news that this money fails to make Americans healthy. But a new report from America’s Institute of Medicine...
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Myanmar And China Have A Conflicted Friendship
EventOn January 17th Chinese officials confirmed that, during hostilities between Myanmar's military and rebels from that country's ethnic-Kachin minority, a bomb had landed in Chinese...
View Article17 Things You Need To Consider Before Accepting Your Next Job
When I graduated from Brown, I had a very limited conception of jobs, careers, and what I wanted to do. Basically, I figured I should do some kind of thought work that paid well, but I wasn’t sure...
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CHARTS: Job Gains And Losses Since 2007
In response to Interactive Map: Job Gains and Losses in the Recovery by Job Type (Healthcare, Education, Mining, Construction, Finance, Real Estate, etc), I exchanged Emails with Salil Mehta who has a...
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Why 58 Representatives Who Voted For Hurricane Katrina Aid Voted Against Aid...
When Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, Congress passed two relief bills almost unanimously. But when it comes to Hurricane Sandy, some in Congress seem to have had a change of heart.After Katrina, a $51.8...
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Veteran Reporter: This Is The Least Anticipated Inauguration That I Can Remember
CBS newsman Bob Schieffer compares a second presidential swearing-in to a second trip down the aisle: The veil has been lifted."The first wedding is always the fairy tale setting â€" there's high hopes...
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There's More To Life Than Being Happy
In September 1942, Viktor Frankl, a prominent Jewish psychiatrist and neurologist in Vienna, was arrested and transported to a Nazi concentration camp with his wife and parents. Three years later, when...
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One American Hostage Killed In Algeria Attack
US officials have confirmed the death of at least one American and said others are still being held hostage by Islamist militants who seized an Algerian gas facility, but that there will be no...
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China's Nuclear Power Is About To Take Off Again
China wants more nuclear plants than anyone else. Will it build them safely?EARLIER this month work began at a big construction site in Shandong province, south-east of Beijing. In a country...
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Health-Conscious Westerners Devour Quinoa, While Poor Bolivians Can No Longer...
Not long ago, quinoa was just an obscure Peruvian grain you could only buy in wholefood shops. We struggled to pronounce it (it's keen-wa, not qui-no-a), yet it was feted by food lovers as a novel...
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Water Could Be The World's Next Biggest Market
In Uganda, a beer brewer is paying communities to protect wetlands in a bid to secure a steady supply of water for its businesses. In neighbouring Kenya, flower companies, ranchers and hotels are...
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Being Married Helps Professors Get Ahead, But Only If They're Male
When I was a graduate student in history, I loved to read the acknowledgements sections of books. If you looked carefully, all the trade secrets kept within the small, competitive field were revealed,...
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The Story Of A Farmer Who Turned His Back On Supermarket Big Shots To Stay...
Hollywood’s latest starlet is gazing enigmatically into the camera lens with her huge melting brown eyes, framed with lashes long enough to catch snowflakes. She radiates an air of serenity amid the...
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What Would A No-Sleeping Pill Mean For Your Job?
New "super drugs" like Modafinil let people reduce the amount of time they sleep, to potentially as little as two-and-a-half hours a night, without any apparent negative side effects. Most normal...
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US Supreme Court Agrees To Take Up Huge Ponzi Scheme Case
(Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Friday accepted appeals by law firms that once represented convicted swindler Allen Stanford and were trying to avoid lawsuits by victims seeking to recoup losses from...
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ECRI Says We're In A Recession, But They're Own Indicators Say We're Not
The Weekly Leading Index (WLI) of the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) rose in the latest public data. It is now at 130.4 versus the previous week's 128.1 (which is an downward revision from...
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When Hurricane Sandy Struck, This Company Changed Its Entire Sales Plan -- In...
When Sandy struck the East Coast, Providence was largely spared. But Swipely, a startup based in the Rhode Island city, had a different problem: The storm wiped out its chance to sell its payments...
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10 Fascinating Facts About Earth
1. Along with orbiting around the Sun at 66,600 mph, the Earth is also rotating at its axis at about 1,070 miles per hour. So you are simultaneously hurtling around the Sun at 66,600 mph while sitting...
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USA Today Drops Gallup As Its Pollster
USA Today has decided not to renew a polling contract with Gallup that dates back to 1992. We cannot say at this point why USA Today dropped Gallup, but one cannot help but wonder whether Gallup's poor...
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