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• College's online error crushes students' joy worldwide

  Sat Jan 28, 2012
  • I'm surprised the college didn't "own" its mistake, and admit those of the "Vassar 76" who want to attend. They have humiliated dozens of young people in front of family and friends. Some example of adult behavior.

• Costa Concordia vs. Titanic: Do they compare?

  Thu Jan 19, 2012
  • Hubris was the cause of the Titanic. Capt. Smith had been warned about icebergs, and yet decided to take a more northern crossing to impress the media with the fast 6-day crossing. A 7-day trip staying further south, far less risky, was the choice he should have made.

• Costa Concordia vs. Titanic: Do they compare?

  Thu Jan 19, 2012
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• Extreme war stresses to blame in Marine urination video?

  Thu Jan 12, 2012
  • Starter19 - Winning at psy-war is not your strong suit. Unfortunately, that's the game we're in. You're obviously in denial. This is a huge setback. I seriously wonder if the person who posted the video to youtube did it intentionally to thwart US negotiations with the Taliban.

• Apple audit shows some suppliers used child labor

  Fri Jan 13, 2012
  • What were the environmental practices results? Incomplete reporting.

• Private equity trembles over 'vulture' label as Romney rises

  Wed Jan 11, 2012
  • Don't waste time and energy focussed on what Romney did in the past. He and the other VCs responded creatively to the laws of finance and business as they were at the time. Focus on changing those laws to the advantage of long-term household income growth.

• Arizona remembers deadly day with bells, tears

  Sun Jan 8, 2012
  • A year after the shootings, the tenor of political discourse is still ad hominem and rancorous, but you don't hear any more "lock and load" rhetoric. It's tragic that it took 6 lives to get the least reflective political voices among us (S.

• Obama faces constitutional questions over recess appointments

  Fri Jan 6, 2012
  • The Rs find themselves on the wrong side of consumer protection. Keep it up, guys. Good luck at election time.

• Iraqis celebrate US exit, but worry for future

  Sun Dec 18, 2011
  • If you look at what is happening as psychological warfare, we've been losing because the militarists and neocons are incapable of seeing things from the opponent's framework. Our national agenda was seriously sidetracked by 9/11, and this was a grievous error by Bush / Cheney / Rice.

• Revealed: Why court cleared Amanda Knox

  Thu Dec 15, 2011
  • What consequences (if any) will the fantasizing prosecutor face?