United Airlines quietly announced last week that it’s pulling the plug on a customer call center in India that fields passenger complaints (and, uh, compliments).
Sacramento was the place to be this past weekend. Lance Armstrong was in town for time trials in the Tour of California, Gov. Schwarzenegger was in his office trying to get his fellow Republicans in the Assembly and the Senate in line behind his budget, and some 2,500 high school students had descen
As Benjamin Franklin is the acknowledged Republican ancestor of the U.S. Postal Service after having served as the first colonial-era postmaster general, what would Ben say to the “suits” of the Google challenged USPS who have driven a government affiliated corporate monopoly into the economic ditch
General Motors and Chrysler must today turn-in their homework, uh, their “viability plans,” to Congress. Watch tonight’s TV news to see how they were scored.
Enthusiasts. Fanatics. Zealots. Extremists. Bigots. These are five words to describe differing levels of devotion to activities and ideals. This is why I love language, and why language matters.
Obama signed a bi-partisan bill on Feb. 11 decreeing that analog television will remain until June. If you were unaware of the national conversion to digital TV, you’re not alone.
With the unfortunate passing of Herb Katz last month, there’s now a vacancy on City Council. Procedure calls for the remaining council members to appoint someone by Feb.
Charles Darwin expounded the theory of evolution in his 1859 book “The Origin of Species.” It was in that book that Darwin theorized that plants and animals evolve and develop without the aid of an intelligent Creator through a process of natural selection, which ensures the “survival of the fittest
Why should politicians be the only ones with stimulus plans? I happen to have a stimulus plan of my own. It would stimulate good moods and help rid of us of bad feelings and depression.
Saturday is Valentine’s Day, or, as some call it, “Singles’ Awareness Day.” If you’re a guy and you haven’t bought a gift yet, I suggest you put this column down ASAP and head over to See’s Candy or Victoria’s Secret.
As the world as we knew it imploded in recent months — after several years of writing on the wall for any Democrat, Republican, business or individual who chose to read it (not many did) — a little-reported-on aspect of the mortgage meltdown has been where do as many as 38 million illegal immigrants
Scores of superstitions surround fashion and beauty, and this inauspicious date of Friday the 13th is the perfect time to check them out. Let’s start in the bedroom.
