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Time for a Supply-Side Revival

January 1st, 2006 at 9:31 am » Comments (0)

Jack Kemp:  The concept of supply-side economics has all but been forgotten in Washington, and many of its principles have been abandoned by U.S. policymakers.  Paradoxically, it is alive and well in the heartland of the old Soviet Empire, Central and Eastern Europe.



China Declares War on Internet Pornography

January 1st, 2006 at 9:17 am » Comments (0)

The Chinese government regularly censors Internet content in an effort to diminish the distribution of politically subversive material, but now the communist state is expanding its control and targetting Internet pornography web sites as well. According to a Chinese government official, 221 people have been arrested, and almost 600 web sites have been shut down […]



Sixty Million Americans Use a Search Engine Daily

January 1st, 2006 at 9:03 am » Comments (0)

Google doesn’t release its top searches, only those that dramatically increased in number. More people than ever searched Google this year for MySpace, the online community. That was followed by Ares, the file-sharing software and Baidu, the Chinese search engine.



Coldest December in Britain in a Decade

January 1st, 2006 at 8:51 am » Comments (0)

The end of the coldest December in a decade in Britain has left the nation in a cold snap, with temperatures of about 10 F and heavy snow, and has global warming experts scratching their heads.



Giving Your Roof a New Purpose

January 1st, 2006 at 8:41 am » Comments (0)

An emerging trend for environmental, religious, and aesthetic reasons, green roofs can create an urban canopy sensitive to the intersection of architecture and landscape.



Turning 60

January 1st, 2006 at 8:27 am » Comments (0)

The generation that vowed to stay forever young is coming up on a major milestone. But for the 3.4 million Americans who were born in 1946, retirement is a distant prospect, and life still holds plenty of promise and surprises. They’ve been hippies and yuppies; and now it’s the time of the ‘abbies’: aging baby […]



Cool Game

January 1st, 2006 at 8:21 am » Comments (0)

Test your reaction time with this very cool online British sheep injection game.