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The Richest Person in the World, Carlos Slim, Lives in Mexico
According to Forbes Magazine, Carlos Slim, 72, is the wealthiest person in the world, accumulating $69 billion in net worth as of March 2012.
Born and raised in Mexico City (of Lebanese Chris ...[Read more]
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Peter Hitchens writes - "A scandal can exist for ages before anyone notices. Here is one such. Ten years from now we will look back in shame and regret at the way the drug companies bamboozled us into swallowing dangerous, useless ...[Read more]
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Remember Dilbert, the mid-level, white-collar Cubicle Guy of the '90s who could never seem to get ahead? In the 21st century, his position looks almost enviable.
He has been replaced by Waiting-For-the-Other-Shoe-to-Drop Man.
Across America, freaked-out ...[Read more]
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As quietly as possible, BBC world news editor Jon Williams has admitted that the coverage of last month ...[Read more]
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In this RSA Animated lecture, renowned academic David Harvey asks if it is time to look beyond capitalism towards a new social order that would allow us to live within a system that really could be responsible, just, and humane?
This is based on a lectur ...[Read more]
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Official sources in the province informed the Syrian official agency, SANA, that after the terrorist groups kidnapped the citizens, they shot them dead and then mutilated their bodies.
The sources added that "initial information indicates that more than ...[Read more]
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In response to the Fukushima meltdown - which did $50 billion in damage to Japan ...[Read more]
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We are accustomed to hearing about exorbitant sentencing for drug offenses, but similar sentencing for gun possession is less frequently mentioned. ...[Read more]
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