WHY WE SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT THE GREECE DEBT CRISIS
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THE POWER AND THE PASSION
Worst Baby Names in the World
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DARWIN’S THEORY OF YARD DUTY
THE ART OF THE COMPLAINT LETTER
CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF WORLD BAFFLES BELIEVERS
TEN EMERGENCY JOKES NO COMEDY WRITER SHOULD EVER BE WITHOUT
FROM TROTTER TO TWITTER: A BRIEF HISTORY OF HUMAN (MIS) COMMUNICATION
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 10:22AM 
In the wake of the (newest) mass shooting in America, this one at an elementary school which killed 20 young schoolchildren (preliminary reports indicating many may have been kindergartners) by a 20-year-old gunman who then shot and killed himself, something feels different after this one.
Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 7:51AM
Michael Specter raises an important issue regarding the role of science in society. He is right in the sense that we have made tremendous progress insofar as health is concerned - indicated by an increase in the average lifespan of humans today. He points to the potential and the possibility of an optimized use of science today. The example he gives is injecting vitamin A into rice and feeding famished countries. And in part, I agree that science can help these global concerns. The barrier to this optimization of science, for Specter, is what he calls science denial; the denial of facts. We are in an epidemic of fear and reject the progress made in science. But I think he oversimplifies the problems surrounding the matter
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 6:57PM 
It may be recalled that Troy Anthony Davis was executed sometime back, and so have many others been all around the world. While hundreds of people continue to wait on the macabre sounding 'death row', it calls for a closer scrutiny of one of the most primitive forms of punishments meted out to humans. No matter what the crime is, if the punishment susses out the life of the person who is being punished, it is murder. Murdering criminals (or those who are assumed criminals, without enough proof to establish the crime like in Troy Anthony Davis' case) is an inhuman act, and not a punishment.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 5:23AM 
I'm still a hopeless romantic. Making this statement leaves me in shock. I am 33 years old, my parents have always hated each other I and have an outstanding list of failed relationships with stories that fit perfectly in the script of any Sex and The City episode. From a Rock Star marriage of two years to a disappearing act with no explanations after a whole month of dating to a three year absurd game of push and pull with a spiritual version of Mr. Big, I have seen it and experienced it all and I'm still fearless when it comes to love. The next one comes and I forget all past experiences and start giggling like a 14 year old at a Justin Bieber concert.
Friday, September 30, 2011 at 2:24PM 
What was it with Aunt Deanie and bowls? Most of the time she ate out of a bowl and she made me do the same. They were very pretty bowls, but bowls all the same. Good thing I am not one of those “oh no my peas touched my cornbread!” kinda folks because by about midway through dinner you couldn’t tell where your peas ended and your cornbread began.
Turning on the faucet to wash your hands at Aunt Deanie’s was a no no. Every morning Aunt Deanie filled her big blue bowl, which I now proudly have on display, with water. She then placed the bowl and a bar of soap on a towel that she had laid on the counter. This setup served as the hand washing station and the water was not to be changed until she deemed the water “dirty.” Normally the water wasn’t “dirty” until late in the afternoon.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 6:17PM 
Greece has borrowed more than it can afford to repay. Because creditors were worried this could happen they charged higher interest rates even as Greece’s GDP income fell. It both had to repay more and was earning less. What should scare you is that France and Italy’s banks are the chief creditors – two of the richest 10 countries in the world. Their banks go under? We have a new Credit Crunch. This explains the likely outcomes, and how a little southern European country could impact on how much Aussies can screw out of their bank manager in a loan or mortgage.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 12:14PM 
After entering the dreaded age of 30 and with memorable triggers of a miserably failed marriage, a two times broken heart and a career in a coma, I began walking the necessary path of self- reflection.
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 1:34AM 
What do Blade, Chassi, Fighuar (pronounced Figwaa), Ruger and Xenith have in common? That’s right, they are a sample of baby names from the current era. A section of our society, moreover, far broader than mere celebrity circles alone.
In modern western civilization there are numerous hot-button discussion points as to what is best for our children. Some of these divide us along partisan and ideological lines while others tend to garner a greater degree of concensus among the citizenry
.After last week's Simpleton Article on a similar subject I thought it would be useful to speculate on how naming a child could impact on his or her future.
