June 2, 2008
Are There Too Many Women Doctors?
Women are exactly the same as men, except when their not. Recent article and blog noise has been bantering the point made by Business Week Article that informs us that we now have more female doctors which is great, but that they spend less time at the office, so you dont get to see them.
Remember the [...]
April 22, 2008
A big story in the New York Sun: Food Rationing
I’m not one to panic over stuff like this, but I think everyone should read this.
It’s an article in the New York Sun, on Food Rationing, food rationing people!
Click here to read about it.
It is something to keep in mind.
April 4, 2008
Are there too many female medical graduates?
Once we got into the issue of 'the correct amount' we all became goldilocks trying not to be too this, or too that, and get it 'just right'. Of course no one noticed that just right is like trying to balance a ball on the edge of a razor blade.
Are there too many female [...]
March 20, 2008
What Happened with Rep. William Jefferson's Indictment?
Many Americans are wondering when will the US Justice Department get around to prosecuting US Congressman William J. Jefferson for the alleged corruption he's perpetrated while in office.
Jefferson, a Democrat from Louisiana, was indicted last year by a federal grand jury on charges including bribery and racketeering for allegedly using his office to corruptly [...]
March 17, 2008
The Newspaper of Claremont Street Reviewed by Denise Noe
The Newspaper of Claremont Street by Elizabeth Jolley is about a person, not a publication. The title refers to the well-deserved nickname of its unique protagonist. A maid to the affluent Claremont Street families, the Newspaper, or Weekly for short, is a walking record of her employers' travails and joys. Weekly knows [...]
Comments (0) Filed under: Book Review, Culture, Entertainment, Media, Money, Psychology, Society, Vox Populi — Denise Noe @ 3:20 amMarch 14, 2008
Happy St. Patrick?s Day ? and wear green!
March 17 is a very special day, honoring the richness of Irish history, traditions, and customs. It is especially appropriate that, of those groups outside of the Emerald Isle itself, we in the United States of America should pay special attention to St. Patrick?s Day. Over nine times as many people of at least partially [...]
Comments (5) Filed under: Culture, Education, Entertainment, Humor, Media, Money, Society, Vox Populi — Denise Noe @ 4:59 amMarch 7, 2008
Cooperation, punishment and revenge
Confirmation that our success comes from the morality of Judeo/Christian ethics.
And that socialism accomplishes the opposite of what it says it does, for very good reasons of which there are many, and they are not surmountable as they are fundamental to it. To surmount them is to no longer have socialism. So these solutions [...]
February 22, 2008
Congressman and Associates Indicted for Extortion, Money Laundering
Congressman Richard G. Renzi, from Arizona's first congressional district, and his associates James W. Sandlin, 56, of Sherman , Texas and Andrew Beardall, 36, of Rockville, Md., Renzi's business associate were indicted by federal authorities on Friday, according to a Justice Department report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police
The indictment charges Renzi, [...]
February 4, 2008
Is laziness a vice with which society must reckon?
Sloth is one of the famous Seven Deadly Sins. It is a vice that comes up in a variety of political and social discussions.
Generous social welfare programs are often opposed on the grounds that they may encourage laziness. Efforts to aid the homeless or the poor more generally often falter on the shoals of this [...]
January 21, 2008
Buying A Home and Informed Expectations in the Metro Atlanta Experience: New Homes, Old Homes, What Kind of Homes?
Owning your own home is a cherished part of the American Dream. Despite the trendy slogan, there is much more to the purchase of property than location, location, and location. A house must suit the family dwelling within it to truly be a home.
A major decision confronting a prospective homebuyer is whether to buy an [...]
January 18, 2008
BestBank's bad and misandrist commercial
Yesterday I heard a BestBank radio commercial. A female narrator was talking about how the multitude of demands on her time leave her with no time left over to spend balancing her checkbook.
I have three children, she says and then adds, four if you count my husband.
I believe there would have been an instant public [...]
