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Lifestyles: 2012 The Changing Business Lexicon Barry Mayhew The word pollution has largely been removed from the corporate lexicon and been replaced by a company’s “carbon footprint.” Dispatch: Dangerous Drinks John M. Edwards The Real Singapore Sling John M. Edwards flies all the way to ex-Empire Changi Airport to try an authentic ancient Chinese secret called “Singapore Sling.” Tittle-Tales of Time Indrani Bhattacharyya ‘No more flirting. It’s the perfect phase to take life more seriously, right dear?’ My four years younger sister asked me with all sincerity. ‘Yet another short lived new year resolution? Huh?’ I pulled back my chair and winked at her casually. Akha Culture Hijack Paul Hunt Introduction Profiting from suffering and spilt blood of others is abhorrent to most people, while war profiteering is illegal. However, the business of “nonprofit” aid to dispossessed peoples has no controls or laws. If I were to be the new Inspector-General of the Nigerian Police Force Adewale T Akande The situation in Nigeria now is so serious that the conventional ways of doing things can no longer solve our problems judging by the fact of the numerous police Inspectors General we have had since independence Thailand's Year of the Dragon Jules Kay With floods and political upheaval now hopefully a thing of the past, Thailand is looking forward to a positive year. In the Thai lunar calendar, 2012 is actually 2555, and as the number five in the Thai language is "HA", the famous Thai smile is at last returning with a vengeance, inspired by a new catchphrase: "Ha, Ha, Ha". Wisdom; in Reach … Hard to Grasp Michael Levy Science has yet to define the meaning of wisdom in scientific terminology. Maybe they require some type of clever or mathematical proof wisdom exists? Observations While Taking a Walk Martin Green I recently took a walk. It was a brisk day and I found myself remembering how nice it was to have a hot chocolate after being out in winter weather back in New York.  Simian Bonds Dean Borok Excuse me for stating the obvious, but marriage is for idiots, OK? Modern romantic love was created as a showbusiness gimmick by French poets and troubadours The Life, Myths & Influence of an American Original In Praise of A Riveting New Biography on Howard Cosell James Campion Howard Cosell became in many ways a touchstone; he was no ex-jock, hardly a handsome television prop, and there was something emancipating about his brashly opinionated and wholly pathological style Tabytha Towe: Last Diary Entry I can document things in Hackwriters from when I was a silly teenager and see how much (or lack thereof) I have grown up over the years.  Things I have experienced and loved, lived and learned.

Opinion: 2012 A Question of Secular Faith The Role of Law in Perpetual Religious Times James Campion a divisive political climate and the opportunity of an election year has curiously turned a legal matter into an issue of "religious liberty", as in why should Catholic-run institutions be forced to provide a service its dogma is patently against? Joe Cool Carries The Two James Campion White House to Play Percentages in 2012 Race For ninety interminably long minutes on 1/24/12, the president of the United States played his hand. All that anyone needs to know about the obligatory laundry list cum base rouser that usually fills a final first-term State of the Union address is that it's going to be the Summer of Populism for the most pragmatic chief executive of my lifetime. The Scurge of Unemployment in Spain James Skinner Greece has officially been declared a basket case, the gurus at the Davros Economic Summit continue to predict what we all already know, the Arab League has given up on Syria whilst Russia waits in the wings to pick up the pieces and Iran threatens to put up the price of oil.    Search this site or the web powered by FreeFind   Site search Web search South Carolina Mudsling Republican Fringe Fights Back Against Citizen Romney James Campion 15 Days later... antiquated third-world vote-tallying techniques perfected in the mid-nineteenth century by Boss Tweed led officials in Des Moines to report Rick Santorum had actually won. Citizen Romney James Campion For all intents and purposes, the Republican Primary season is over. The unprecedented victories in both Iowa and New Hampshire by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney have taken the starch out of things. Hawkeye Hoodwink Iowa Caucuses Dilate Republican Ranks James Campion Literally out of nowhere, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum began one of the most inexplicable political comebacks in recent history Europe or Bust - Spain's Last Chance Last James Skinner It’s now or never for a change in course to avoid smashing the continental ship into that big lump of ice waiting to sink us all. The Power of 12 James Campion This will be the last column I pen this year, in the final days of this twelfth month of 2011, and I choose to write about the number 12. In a few days we embark on 2012, and each year I try and end the previous one with a tag line or a semantic touchstone for where things may go over the following calendar run. It's a way of cleansing by throwing something out there for kicks. The Ron Paul Factor Iowa & the Soul of the Grand Old Party James Campion Soon the nation will learn where the Republican Party stands. In less than three weeks, the Iowa Caucus will begin the painstaking selection of a presidential candidate. This is when polls, punditry and prognostication become fact. So...who represents the party now? Conservative? Moderate? Religious Right? Washington Lifer? Libertarian? Arab satellites promote Arab revolutions Mawan Asmar Every single Arab satellite television will justifiably claim, a few years down the road, they shared a piece of the communication pie in their protests coverage, whether in live broadcasts, documentaries, chat shows or flickering text messages at the bottom of the television screens. Spain's Future within the EU? Part 1 James Skinner As this may be my last report on this fantastic and once lovable European country at a very crucial stage of its contemporary political history I thought it would be important to divide it into two sections; a past and a future. Spain's Future within the EU? James Skinner - Part 2 12.12.11 There is a need for change in the Spanish Constitution returning power to the central government- another large hurdle for the new government to tackle. Share |

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