Patti Page Dies at age 85
The Claremore, Oklahoma native was one of the best selling female singers of all time.
Cliff Deal: What We Learned; What Comes Next
The budget negotiations that led to a frantic New Year’s deal on taxes confirmed many lessons about the way Washington …
‘Rum Cliff’ And Other Close Shaves In The Tax, Spending Deal
You might have thought the intense partisan negotiations over the so-called fiscal cliff were all about who wins and who …
Malala, Shot For Speaking Out Against Pakistan’s Taliban, To Stay In U.K.
Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old girl who was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman because she had been speaking …
Economists See (OK-ish) Growth In 2013
Suddenly, the new year is looking a bit brighter — at least in the eyes of most economists and investors. …
Quentin Tarantino, ‘Unchained’ And Unruly
Quentin Tarantino’s film Django Unchained is a spaghetti western-inspired revenge film set in the antebellum South; it’s about a former …
Grrr, Said The Grylloblattid. I’m Not Leaving. Not Yet.
Every year, thousands of college graduates pour into big cities, find themselves a fun place to live in a cool …
FTC Offers $50,000 Reward To Help Stop Robocalls
Unwanted telemarketing calls, trademarked for interrupting dinners across the nation, have become such a nuisance over the years that the …
Lessons For The Modern World From The Societies Of ‘Yesterday’
In his book, The World Until Yesterday, Jared Diamond tells the story of a young schoolboy named Billy who was …
The Tony Soprano of Karachi: Gangster Or Politician?
Gangsters have been part of life in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, for decades. And nowhere is their rule more notorious …
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