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Opinion: Farhad Manjoo (Slate Magazine): Why Modern Technology Is Bad, Not Good, For The Iranian Protesters
What happened in Baharestan Square on Wednesday? According to a woman who called in to CNN, Iranian security forces unleashed unimaginable brutality upon a few hundred protesters gathered in central Tehran. “They beat a woman so savagely that she was drenched in blood, and her husband, who was watching the scene, he just fainted,” the [...]
Opinion/Michael Kinsley (Washington Post): Rationing Health Care Is Our Choice
BOTTOM LINE: Less care isn’t necessarily worse care, but the ‘threat’ of rationing could kill Obamacare.
Even though more and more Americans have no health insurance at all, Americans consider health care to be a right. Not just that: We consider the best possible health care to be a right. Few would find it acceptable for [...]
Have A Wacky Invention You Want To Sell? Telebrands May Be The Company For You
You’ve probably never heard of Rachel Taylor. But it won’t be long before you can turn on the TV and hear hard-sell pitches — again and again — to buy the one-size-fits-all hair clip she invented.
Taylor is a rare winner in a world of inventors bedeviled by losers. She recently earned a much-sought-after chance to [...]
Cardiac Arrest A Quick Killer. What You Need To Know
The circumstances surrounding Michael Jackson’s death are not entirely clear. But appearing before the news media Thursday, Jackson’s brother Jermaine said it’s believed Michael Jackson had cardiac arrest, though the cause of death won’t be known until an autopsy is performed. Here’s some background:
Q: What is a cardiac arrest?
A: It’s when the heart suddenly stops, [...]
Businesses Use Twitter To Communicate With Customers
When a Stanley Cup broadcast suddenly went black in late April, many Comcast subscribers simply scooted to Twitter to find out why.
It was there — not on a phone system with multiple options — they discovered that a lightning storm in Atlanta had caused a power outage during the Philadelphia Flyers-Pittsburgh Penguins hockey playoff game, [...]
Don’t Plan On Retiring Just Yet; Companies Rethink 401(k) Plan Contributions For Employees
Most companies that have suspended contributions to employees’ 401(k) plans are expected to reinstate the match when the economy improves, but the match may be significantly different.
About a quarter of companies have either suspended their 401(k) plan match or are considering doing so because of the economic downturn, according to a recent survey by CFO [...]
Ahmadinejad – Large And In Charge, But Mousavi will Not Back Down
Iran’s embattled opposition leader vowed Thursday that he wouldn’t back down from challenging what he called a rigged presidential election despite government attempts to isolate and discredit him.
On his website, opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi leveled unusually strong criticism at the Islamic regime’s leaders, saying they were “the main factor for the recent violence and [...]
Obama Ready To Continue Bush Plan To Fund Iranian Dissidents
The Obama administration is moving forward with plans to fund groups that support Iranian dissidents, records and interviews show, continuing a program that became controversial when it was expanded by President Bush.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which reports to the secretary of state, has for the last year been soliciting applications for $20 [...]
Michael Jackson: From Child Star To King Of Pop
Which Michael Jackson will be remembered? The unsurpassed entertainer, the gifted and driven song-and-dance man who wielded rhythm, melody, texture and image to create and promote the best-selling album of all time, “Thriller”? Or the bizarre figure he became after he failed in his stated ambition to outsell “Thriller,” and after the gleaming fantasy gave [...]
Welcome to ‘The Obama Show’ (Where Stagecraft, Guest Stars, Planted Questions and Ignoring Key Issues Is Part of The Script) – Reporting by David Millbank/Washington Post
Editorial Note: President Bush was often criticized by news outlets like the Washington Post, New York Times and Huffington Post for planting questions at his news conferences. It seems President Obama has decided to continue W’s tradition. As Dana Milbank points out, ‘the use of planted questioners is a no-no at presidential [...]
