Diogo Mainardi: "Como Me Tornei Num Porco Direitista"

Mainardi explica como se tornou a figurinha odiosa de direita, radical "názio-fascista": Maggie Thatcher, a filha do dono mercearia."Como me tornei num porco direitista Aconteceu em 1984. Eu era estudante de economia em Londres. Margareth Thatcher mandou fechar 20 minas de...

Gas Stations as Garden Testers

"One really good way to know if a plant is hardy, is to see if it's growing in one of the many landscapes in and around gas stations. Why? beause you can be certain that no one is watering them. Here is an example. In this garden by the Petro Canada at Meadowvale and...

Pupils donate uniforms to African children

"Pupils have been handing in their old uniforms as their school prepares to donate nearly all its contents to youngsters in Africa. The Duston School in Duston, Northampton, England, is moving to a new building in September but rather than throwing away all its old furniture...

What Does Freedom Mean Anymore?

"It is worth remembering during this week divided by an Independence Day holiday that as Americans we are united by freedom, perhaps even as many freedoms as there are of us. That is both the ideal and the reality of America, that each one of us enjoys a freedom all our own,...

Better Off with Fred? We know Thompson can play one, that's for sure by Jonah...

Here are just a few little-known facts about Fred Thompson"Every night before going to sleep, Osama bin Laden checks under his bed for Fred Thompson. Though Fred Thompson left the Senate in 2003, Harry Reid still hasn’t stopped wetting his pants. Fred Thompson once ended a...

Charting the Waters of the Blogosphere

Think of it: A cheap, direct means of working one-on-one, one-to-many with customers, partners, prospects. The ideal means of educating... informing... persuading. That's what management sees when you mention one of the "hottest" communications tools available... blogging....

Search without boundaries

Now, you can search for something in your own language (for example, English) and search the web in another language (for example, French). If you're looking for wine tasting events in Bordeaux while on vacation in France, just type "wine tasting events in Bordeaux" into the...

Reclaiming The Digital Frontier

"The next time you plunk down your $10 (and rising) for a movie ticket, think for a minute about where the money goes. Millions go to the movie stars, directors and producers. Tens of thousands go to the people who work on the movie. But a lot of that money also helps to pay...

In 2008 It's Ronald Reagan vs. Bobby Kennedy

"In 2008 It's Ronald Reagan vs. Bobby Kennedy By William Kristol "The past is never dead; it's not even past." —Gavin Stevens, in William Faulkner's Requiem for a Nun For major political parties, which outlive their individual leaders and partisans, the past is never dead....