The Euro is proof that money can tie disparate nations together, albeit loosely. The pursuit of a global economy has reached an infectious high again during the G20 meetings. I’m sure we have all heard by now that Gordon Brown is using that hackneyed phrase “new world order”. “This is…
This is a day being promoted by various liberal groups to demonstrate against the bullying and harassing of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students. It is a project of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN). The official date is 17 April this year, but the date may…
It’s not just companies experimenting with Web 2.0 Social networking is catching on in the business world like wildfire. Facebook, Twitter, MySpace are being used to tap into the benefits of customer interaction and creativity that are available via these networks. My friend Anita over at Small Business Trends actively…
I had to make sure that this got posted before I laid off for the Sabbath. COG Writer reports that it is now official that the “WCG Changes Name to GCI!” I wouldn’t have known of this any earlier, as I just don’t subscribe to anything WCG does. The only…
I have argued previously that God is sovereign over all and God uses things such as the recent state of the US economy to get our attention (see “What’s God’s Purpose for the Recession?“). The US economy has become so weak and the devaluation of the dollar has gotten to…
It’s interesting sometimes how the news will have similar subjects that go in different directions. Justice For All Twist MSNBC reported on 26 March that “Hundreds of Pa. juvenile convictions reversed“. Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan were found to have taken $2.6 million in kickbacks in return for putting…
Telegraph.uk.co’s website reporter Nick Squires on 23 March reported “Condom campaigners protest at the Vatican against Pope’s Aids comments“. The protests were spawned by remarks the Pope made earlier that condoms were not the answer to Africa’s fight against HIV. “The Pope’s extremely serious and irresponsible words are even further…
Euobserver.com writer Andrew Willis wrote a piece on 25 March that the “EU rejects proposal for new reserve currency“. “Everybody agrees also that the [main] present world reserve currency, the dollar, is there and will continue to be there for a long period of time,” said Mr Almunia after a…
Yahoo! News reported on 25 March “EU presidency: US stimulus is ‘the road to hell’”. the European Union President, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, said the comments to the European Parliament ahead of a key summit on fixing the world economy. Many were shocked by his comments, but it really…
The Telegraph reports that “Two girls die in stampede to see Pope“. This caught my eye because after Pope John Paul II passed away, many remarked on how Pope Benedict XVI wasn’t as charismatic as his predecessor. By all appearances, however, it seems that the Catholic Church is gaining power…