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Your Two Cents: Is There Room in Your Holiday Budget For Charity?
The holiday season isn't just about gift-giving — even while the budget may be stretched, it's also the time of year to give to charity. It's no secret that things are tight this year. The recession is changing the way we holiday shop, but is it also changing our philanthropic spirit of giving for a good cause?
Your Two Cents: How Often Do You Feel Nervous at Work?
A good friend recently admitted she gets nervous and clammy whenever her boss schedules a meeting with her, which is quite often. She's never been given a bad review or stern talking to, but there's something about being called into a one-on-one that makes her panic.
When I asked her why she couldn't explain her fears, except that, like most SavvySugar readers, the recession and layoffs at her company have left her particularly uneasy and chipped away at her confidence.
Time to end pelvic exams done without consent
Imagine that you are undergoing a fairly routine surgery – say, removal of uterine fibroids or hysterectomy. During or right after the procedure, while you are still under anesthesia, a group of medical students parades into the operating room and they perform gynecological exams (unrelated to the surgery) without your knowledge. Do you consider this okay, or an outrageous violation of your rights?Kristen and Anna: Too Good for Twilight?
Today 6:30 AM PST by Ted Casablanca and Taryn Ryder Kevin Winter/Getty Images; Dave Hogan/Getty Images "Kristen's got this innate quality, that gift, that not everyone has," Welcome to the Rileys director Jake Scott told us. "She's magic. I can see it happening.How to Avoid Disaster Donation Scams
Contributor By: Z. Padmore
Don Hankins: Be wary of donation scams
The earthquake in Haiti on Jan. 12 created a humanitarian crisis of epic proportions.
Conservative media reacts to the O’Keefe arrest
Campaign Desk — Columbia Journalism Review
“A Bad Cartoon,” or “A Big Nothing”?
The story that had the political media buzzing yesterday was the arrest of James O’Keefe, the conservative, pimp-playing activist who embarrassed ACORN with his undercover videos, and three other men—two of whom were apparently dressed as telephone repairmen—for allegedly attempting to tamper with the phones in the New Orleans office of Senator Mary Landrieu, a Louisiana Democrat.
To make the story even more bizarre, one of the men is the son of an acting U.S.
House Rundown, "Remorse"
"Remorse" couldn't have been a more appropriate title for this week's House. Just when you think the doc's therapy didn't have any effect on his cold heart, his conscience pops up in the form of a former med school classmate. But while House experiences pangs of guilt, his new patient Valerie can't feel the slightest tinge of, well, anything.
35 Inconvenient Truths The errors in Al Gore’s movie
35 Inconvenient Truths The errors in Al Gore’s movie For the Full Report in PDF Form, please click here. By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley October 18, 2007 Christopher Walter, Third Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, is a former policy advisor to Margaret Thatcher during her years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He may reached through SPPI, or directly at ( monckton@mail.com This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ). 35 Inconvenient Truths The errors in Al Gore’s movie A spokesman for Al Gore has issued a questionable response to the news that in October 2007 the High Court in London had identified nine “errors” in his movie An Inconvenient Truth.Geithner’s New York Fed Told AIG to Limit Swaps Disclosure
Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, then led by Timothy Geithner, told American International Group Inc. to withhold details from the public about the bailed-out insurer’s payments to banks during the depths of the financial crisis, e-mails between the company and its regulator show.Young children who are smacked 'go on to be more successful'
I feel we may have discussed this before, so if it is redundant please feel free to ignore. Young children who are smacked by their parents grow up to be happier and more successful than those who have never been hit, research claims. It found that children who are smacked before the age of six perform better at school when they are teenagers.
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