Stuart Tinner was the man with the widest smile in Hertfordshire this morning as he woke up and found that he was still £250,000 richer than the day before. After his lucky punt at Wembley last night, he was not the only one left smiling. “There is ...
Pirates who abducted a British couple in the Indian Ocean claimed today that the Chandlers would be taken to a make-shift floating prison off the Somali coast with a host of fellow hostages. A leading pirate, who identified himself only by his first ...
David Hines The two kids at their lemonade stand were surprised one day when a big black car pulled up. They debated about whether it portended a lucrative customer or, with the dark windows, a predator of the type so often discussed on the news. "Psst! ...
Postal workers today pleaded for independent negotiators to help end a dispute with mail bosses after an apparently leaked document indicated that Royal Mail was preparing to tough-out the industrial action with Government backing. Royal Mail is ...
David Hines Tales cautioning against hubris are common The Bible, for example, tells of the Tower of Babel. We moderns, of course, have grown beyond such warnings, and believe we have the luxury to indulge in hubris. The Greeks had a way with words, ...
David Hines Congress says they're talking about health care. Not so. All they're discussing is insurance. The issue before them is not medicine; it's merely paying for medicine. The only solution being considered is empowering middlemen, private or ...
David Hines Some people think voters are bird-brains. I wish! No bird would be dumb enough to see a picture of food and mistake it for something edible. Even if a bird were fooled once, it wouldn't demand more copies from the photographer. Voters see ...
Regardless of the veracity of the charges and the claimed "confessions," I find it inspiring that the British have been singled out as the fomenters of democratic impulses, human rights, and free and fair elections. The British should feel honored to ...
David Hines A major US export is being threatened. When we can no longer export it, it will not be just a certain segment of workers who are affected, but all of us. This major export is the Federal Reserve Note. FDR and Churchill brought together ...
David Hines Many are of the opinion that President Obama should seal us off from the swine flu. Well, maybe. As with anything else, actions have consequences. Native Americans died by the millions from smallpox and other European diseases. These ...
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