Category: Interesting
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What the Locusts Ate by .@NYTimesFriedman
Original Article Here One of the most troubling features of today’s global economic crisis is the lack of political leadership anywhere. No one has the courage to tell their people the truth. And the truth, alas, is that four of the pillars of today’s global economy — Europe, America, China and the Arab world —…
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The Moral Diet by .@NYT David Brooks
Original Article Here In the 1970s, the gift shop at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was an informal affair. It was staffed by about 300 mostly elderly volunteers, and there were cash drawers instead of registers. The problem was that of the shop’s $400,000 in annual revenue, somebody was stealing $150,000. Dan Weiss,…
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The Brochure for the Summer Leadership Program
OPS Brochure 2012 If interested, contact Mr. Duane Rutherford the Director of Enrollment Services / Special Assistant to the President at St. John’s Northwestern Military Academy. You can also post questions below to me and I will be more than happy to assist you. If you get any additional information from Mr. Duane, please come back and post…
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The United Nations, Controller of the Internet?
by Alex Fitzpatrick The United Nations will meet in Dubai this December to make a decision that could carry significant consequences for the future of all web users: Should the UN be granted more control over the Internet? With the high-profile meeting looming at the end of this year’s calendar, key members of the U.S.…
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New study shows low carb diet is also good for diabetes
By Diane Fennell. People with diabetes are generally encouraged to eat a nutritionally balanced, low-fat diet. But now, a small new study out of Sweden is lending support to the idea that a higher-fat, low-carbohydrate diet may work best for some people with diabetes. According to the American Diabetes Association, people with diabetes have the…