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Justices Block Suit Against Wal-Mart
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously for Wal-Mart in blocking a lawsuit that had sought to consolidate claims of up to 1.5 million women who worked there.The women still have cases. They are going to have to win another way.Wal-mart is retail for much of the country. -
Microdrones, Some as Small as Bugs, Are Poised to Alter War
From blimps to bugs, an explosion in aerial drones is transforming the way America fights and thinks about its wars.no. There is no transformation here. -
Raise, Don’t Save, Social Security
With certain adjustments, Social Security could provide up to half the average worker’s earnings.Money at the bottom will help. -
U.S. Companies Press for Repatriation Holiday
Some large corporations are pushing for a tax holiday to bring back offshore profits, but the economic benefits were limited the last time such a break was given.Just say no. It is the stockholders money. It is not enough to reflate the housing bubble. The stock holders already have houses. -
90 Years After a Bloody Race Riot, Tulsa Confronts Its Past
Tulsa’s race riot of 1921 has been mentioned rarely in public or private. Now, advocates are pressing for recognition.The real question is could it happen again? There are those who would like that. -
My Ex-Gay Friend
As a young gay man, Michael Glatze seemed very happy with who he was. Then he changed his mind.He found himself in a faith trap. He may yet escape. -
Tech Investors Feel an Aura of Hope, a Touch of Dread
Some analysts are concerned that venture capitalists are blindly throwing money at start-ups that have not yet proved they can build something useful.Silly venture capitalists. It's a casino. -
Insiders Ride Social Networking to a Big Payday
LinkedIn’s debut illustrates how insiders can get rich in the social networking bonanza.That was why the laid out the bucks in the first place. -
For The Onion, Any Pulitzer Prize Will Do
The Onion is beginning a full-scale multimedia campaign to get a long-coveted Pulitzer Prize.It would be a hoot if they got one. -
Clarence Clemons, Much More Than Springsteen’s Sideman
Wielding his saxophone with Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, Clarence Clemons declared that the band was sharing rock ’n’ roll’s black heritage, not plundering it.I have no interest in this fight. "If it sounds good it is good."
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Tech Firms’ Workers Sell Shares, Fearing a Bubble Will Burst
Employees and investors at dozens of hot start-ups have sold hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of shares.Wise of them. -
Book Reveals Ugly Details of Press Deals
James O’Shea reported out the deals that tipped over the owners of The Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune.The old owners cashed out. The new owners crashed. The banks made big fees and bad bonds. -
Brands Find That Flash Sales Online Are Useful as Marketing
Many customers of sites like Gilt also visit the sites of the featured brands and later buy full-price merchandise.Interesting but not a market I am interested in at this time.I want to polish my skills. -
Roundworm Could Unlock Secrets of the Human Brain
Studying the nervous system of the roundworm is a promising approach for understanding the human brain.The round worm has taught us a great deal.It has taught us that the brain is a mechanism.It has taught us that we are stuck with the black box approach to the human mind for many years to come.Psychopharmacology is far too blunt an approach to treat any maladapted behaviour. -
An Explosion in Universe of Web Names
A decision to expand the number and kind of Internet addresses that can be used is prompting fierce debate.I really do not understand. It is a threat to monopoly. I have no problem with that. -
Defend Muslims, Defend America
Laws that ban courts from considering Sharia law pose a threat to national security.It is a first amendment right. No interference with religion and the practice of religion. -
Afghanistan’s Last Locavores
Afghans are the ultimate locavores. U.S. aid programs are ruining their sustainable society.That is what they are intended to do. -
Friendship of Justice and Magnate Puts Focus on Ethics
A Georgia project has thrown a spotlight on an unusual, and ethically sensitive, friendship between Justice Clarence Thomas and a wealthy supporter.Keep watching. The more I learn, the more I dislike the pair of them. -
Jon Huntsman Steps Into the Republican Vacuum
Someone has to win the nomination. It might as well be Jon Huntsman.He has not said tax cuts so far.I would rather a different candidate. Not much there yet. -
F.D.A. Confronts Challenge of Monitoring Imports
The F.D.A. released a special report on how to deal with effectively inspecting the growing flood of imported food and drugs coming into the United States.The FDA must do the best it can under the circumstances.As things go several hundred citizens will get sick or dead and the cause will be found to be imported. We will then get a crash program and a lot of noise about homeland security and foreign plotters.In the meantime eat locally grown products from trusted sources.
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