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The decade-mandated, by Constitutional authority, United States Census has concluded its collection of data and its slowly releasing the much-awaited findings. Okay, the finding’s are not much awaited, but still interesting.
The first question is:..
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The controversial settlement ends years of legal battles and could help Iraq emerge from United Nations sanctions put in place two decades ago – a step Iraqi leaders...
made popular Sep 10 2010
WASHINGTON – America’s “Great Compromiser” Henry Clay called government “the great trust,” but most Americans today have little faith in...
made popular Apr 20 2010
“Sarah’s the one,” said one leading conservative, convinced McCain will lose this election. “The party is broken and only she can fix it. We...
made popular Feb 8 2010
Haitian Communication Minister Marie-Laurence Jocelyn Lassegue said that these Americans were being questioned by a Haitian judge to determine whether they will face...
made popular Feb 4 2010
Ten Americans have been arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle children out of Haiti and they could be handed over to the United States if Washington requests...
made popular Feb 2 2010
Pakistani police will ask a court to charge five Americans detained in the country this month with planning terrorist attacks and jail them for life, a police official...
made popular Jan 1 2010
As is well known the American people are well informed and versed in international affairs and when evaluating nations they draw on their deep understanding to form...
made popular Nov 21 2009
INDIANS AND AMERICANS – A NEW TWIST !
I was invited to address MBA students at a local B School in Maryland. I was told that students were a fun loving lot but...
made popular Oct 26 2009
DOES INDIA RESPECT ITS SCIENTISTS ?
At a party the other night the discussion came around to vegetarianism. Someone said that non vegetarians tend to be more violent...
made popular Oct 23 2009
I remember in my economics classes over two decades ago discussing the trickle down theory. If you give tax breaks to the wealthy it will trickle down to the working...
made popular Sep 8 2009
Insanity has taken over the world. Prejudices and dogmas have got bitter for some people with times. The ones who face the discrimination know at times what it feels to...
made popular May 6 2009
I think back to when other countries were considered by most people to be one of the most powerful countries of the world. Greece, Italy, Spain, and England, et cetera,...
made popular Jan 30 2009
Diabetes affects 24 million Americans and an increasing number of children. It can lead to limb loss and heart attacks. Yet people are more afraid of snakes and...
made popular Oct 29 2008
Quick: When’s the last time you checked your e-mail? If you’re like most Americans, the answer is likely within the last 15 minutes — even if...
made popular Sep 11 2008
American angst is now centered on gas prices, personal finances, unemployment, inflation, stagnant real estate, rather than the ongoing war in Iraq or the upcoming...
made popular Aug 2 2008
Americans are learning quickly what took Europeans decades to learn—how to cope with high gas prices. Automakers aren’t reacting quickly enough, so many of us are...
made popular Jul 24 2008
Frika Chia Iskandar’s stature and personality suggest she’s more likely to be a bubbly seventeen year old than a twenty-six year old HIV-positive activist.
made popular Jul 24 2008
You would expect Americans, in a period of falling home prices, a wobbly stock market and an ongoing war, to be less than satisfied with the direction of the country.
made popular Jul 21 2008
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CALL IT Fattergate. Americans are getting scandalously big for their britches (and shirts and skirts and dresses and suits). And scientists would like to know why, so...
made popular Jul 21 2008
U.S. troops on Monday reinforced a remote military outpost after well-armed militants got inside and killed nine American soldiers in the deadliest assault on U.S....
made popular Jul 14 2008
A multi-pronged militant assault on a small, remote U.S. base close to the Pakistan border killed nine American soldiers and wounded 15 Sunday in the deadliest attack...
made popular Jul 14 2008
Continuing to press the themes of values, faith and patriotism, Sen. Barack Obama exhorted Americans on Wednesday to volunteer for public service, pledging to...
made popular Jul 5 2008
Americans are the world\’s top consumers of cannabis and cocaine despite punitive US drug laws, according to an international study published in the online...
made popular Jul 1 2008
America remains a nation of believers, but a new survey finds most Americans don\’t feel their religion is the only way to eternal life - even if their faith...
made popular Jul 1 2008
Average height provides one of the best indications of a population\’s overall health. Until the last few years, U.S. citizens were the world\’s tallest and...
made popular Jun 15 2008
Newsflash for rock stars and teenagers: It turns out everything doesn’t go downhill as we age — the golden years really are golden.
made popular May 13 2008
For most Americans, vending machines are a convenient way to get their afternoon soda fix or to cure the munchies with a bag of Flaming Hot Cheetos. In other countries,...
made popular May 6 2008
As John McCain and Hillary Clinton tell Americans tales of a gas tax holiday to relieve us of a whole 20 cents per gallon this summer (we’re paying more than four...
made popular May 5 2008
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