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About Those Gender Differences

By Steve Chapman
Saw the news on how much men and women talk. Seems some scientists toted up the oral output and got the same number of words from each gender. Find it hard to believe. To tell the truth, would rather...

Crime Beat: Meth and Cocaine Drug Trafficking Organization Dismantled

By Jim Kouri
Thirty-One (31) arrested in "Operation Arctic Chill" - Federal agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) along with state and...

Taxing Time Again for New York

By Matt Towery
Who are the richest people in town? Here's a hint: Every dime they have is disposable income.  The answer is tourists. And they increasingly are the victims of the soak-the-rich mentality that has resurfaced with...

A Health-Care Greeting: Welcome to Wal-Mart

By Froma Harrop
Americans agree on health care. Ask them, "Who should pay for it," and they all answer, "Not me." But follow up with, "Who, then?" and you have a fight on your hands.  Wal-Mart has greatly improved the quality...

General Motors as Government Motors After One Month

By Marion Edwyn Harrison, Esq.
Almost one month ago General Motors Corporation (GM), probably quite necessarily, filed for bankruptcy.  The recession, noncompetitive operating costs (conspicuously including noncompetitive labor costs) and...