The addict feels low. His body needs a boost. He reaches into his pocket and finds a dollar bill. He slides it into the machine and a can rolls out. He opens the can and guzzles. He feels his energy return. His fix will last a couple of hours, enough to keep him alert for […]
Tainted Chinese Drywall Concerns Went Unreported for Two Years
Remnants of Chinese drywall sit in an infested home in the Venetian Golf and River Club in North Venice, Fla., on Friday, May 20, 2010. (Chip Litherland / Sarasota Herald Tribune) A leading East Coast homebuilder learned four years ago that the Chinese-manufactured drywall it had installed in several Florida homes was emitting foul […]
The Market Is Speaking But Washington Is Tone Deaf
With once again all the political posturing by representatives of both the mainstream political global socialist parties in the U.S. who are clearly not at all the voice of their true constituents, the actual John Q. Public and citizens themselves other than select industry members involved, the passage by the House of Misrepresentatives of the lastest […]
Yom Kippur, 10th Century – Why would a Unitarian always celebrate Yom Kippur?
Fiction excerpt is from the historical time-travel with acupuncture needles novels of Anne Hart. Read this entire story in the book: Who’s Buying Which Popular Short Fiction Now, & What Are They Paying? or the novel, Adventures in my beloved Medieval Alania and Beyond. Yom Kippur, Bethlehem, July 985 AD Yom Kippur means to me a time […]
Product Review: 2009/10 England Jersey
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India-made eco undies a rage in UK
Among the hottest items to fly off British shop shelves these days are environment-friendly knickers produced by a women’s cooperative in Tamil Nadu. The idea of the knickers, made of organic cotton, hemp and silk, and available in boxes made of recycled paper, came to Sarah Lucy Smith, 28, who made them for her final […]