The Christmas Spirit
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 26th, 2010 5:31 am by HL
The Christmas Spirit
Jay Ambrose, Detroit News
If you've somehow been in a Rip Van Winkle sleep and have awakened without knowing what season it is, you might catch on by seeing how niceness is suddenly directing traffic or how smiles surround us wherever we go. While making my way through a traffic jam the other day, I could not help being impressed by driver courtesies. Later, I encountered great gobs of gladness while poking around in a shopping mall. Then, on returning home and scouting out news on the Internet, I bumped into three tales of a giving spree. AdvertisementThe stories were about red kettles, the Salvation Army…
Deck the Halls with News of Jolly
Margaret Wente, Globe and Mail
Jump to main navigation Jump to main content Christmas is not my favourite time of year. It makes me want to kick the cat. To cheer myself up, I have compiled this roundup of good news. This is the news you never hear about because of all the gloomy news. I guarantee that it will lift your spirits (especially if you like your spirits).Go ahead, have another rum and eggnog.Booze is not only good for your health, it’s also better than you think. It’s long been known that moderate drinkers live longer than abstainers. But now it turns out that even heavy drinkers live longer…
Why I Won’t Move to New York
Eric Torbenson, New York Post
The Economic Year in Review
Irwin Stelzer, Weekly Standard
Hot Topics: To forward this article to a friend, please fill out the form below:* Required Fields* Required FieldsGet alerts when there is a new article that might interest you.As we look back on the year that is limping to an end, there is little"”not nothing, just little"”to cheer about. The year opened with the headline unemployment rate at 9.7 percent, and the rate including workers too discouraged to look for work or involuntarily on short-time (the U-6 rate, in the jargon of the trade) at 16.5 percent of the work force. It is closing with…
As Population Grows, So Must the U.S. House
Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe
LARGER FAMILIES need larger houses. A larger nation does, too.With the release of the 2010 Census data, the decennial rejiggering of the nation’s political map has begun. Eight states will be gaining seats in the US House of Representatives, while 10 states’ House delegations will shrink. Among the winners are Texas, where the number of residents has soared by 4.3 million since the 2000 Census; Utah, whose population is up more than 530,000; and Washington, which has grown 14 percent, to 6.7 million.It stands to reason that states with more people are allotted more House…
