Exploding the myths, presumptions, and pretensions of the "buy local" bullies. One of my favorite British sitcoms of the last decade, The League of Gentlemen, features the characters Edward and Tubbs, a couple that owns a local shop descriptively but ...
Contrary to what your parents and teachers told you, reading does not necessarily make you smarter. Sometimes it doesn't even require you to think. I would send you a copy of Nicole Richie's novel, The Truth About Diamonds, as demonstrable proof, but ...
It took only a week. Last Monday, when rumors began to circulate that Bear Stearns was having liquidity problems, Bear Executive Committee Chairman Ace Greenberg and CEO Alan Schwartz assured investors that the rumors were, in Greenberg's words, ...
A small confession: In the 20 or so minutes before I wrote this column, I consumed an ungodly number of jelly beans. Normally, I'd worry about the sugar content, but these were no ordinary jelly beans. They were Jelly Belly Sport Beans, which contain ...
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