Staying Positive in Negative Territory
TORONTO – Pursuing happiness may be an inalienable right, but it’s tougher keeping those spirits up while your 401(k) is lower than it used to be. Part of the reason, say those who study the subject, is that you may be looking for happiness in all the wrong places. People can be happy in an [...]
Problems Just Keep Piling Up For Boeing
This was to be Boeing’s summer of triumph. Dozens of its groundbreaking 787 Dreamliners were supposed to be in commercial airline service around the world by now, changing the nature of global air travel. A family of ultra-high-tech spy satellites made by Boeing was to be in the heavens, reading the license plate numbers of [...]
‘G.I. Joe’ Team Gets In Gear
It’s 105 degrees in the ice cave. If the frost-blasted walls and stalactites were real instead of a massive styrofoam set for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, this sweltering cavern supposedly beneath the polar ice cap would have a serious case of global warming. But this isn’t really the path to the terrorist group [...]
Radio Shack Rebranding as ‘The Shack’
NEW YORK – RadioShack is the latest older, “legacy” brand to try to put a cool, hip spin on itself. The 88-year-old electronics outfit will re-introduce itself today as just “The Shack” – at least in its ads. The retail chain is spending a big chunk of its $200 million ad budget for this year [...]
Jaguars Defense Needs to Establish Its Trench
I have heard for years how football games are won in the trenches. I did not believe it until last year. And all summer I have pondered over how one could be so blind to common sense. Watching the Jacksonville Jaguars every Sunday in 2008, it was not hard to realize that the Jaguars’ trench [...]
Maurice Jones-Drew Gives to Local High School
Jacksonville Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew is making sure Andrew Jackson High School in Jacksonville has everything they need for the 2009 football season. Jones-Drew purchased more than 100 sets of Reebok shoes, gloves and compression shirts for members of the varsity football team. Each player also received a special shirt that will be worn [...]
Family: Speicher Found Far From Crash Site
The remains of Capt. Michael “Scott” Speicher were discovered far from the his downed F/A-18 Hornet’s crash site in western Iraq, and a team of experts is working to help the Navy determine the details surrounding his death, according to a person close to the family. The Navy is working with an ejection expert, an [...]
Can ‘Idol’ Survive Without Paula?
The jury’s still out on Judge Paula. American Idol followers say Paula Abdul’s abrupt departure leaves a big hole as the show loses both her cheerleading and her antics. But a few say the loss, especially with the addition of a judge last season, may not have a substantial effect on TV’s top-rated show. Former [...]
Impossible Promises
I keep reading about health-care “reform,” but I have yet to see anyone explain how the government can make it easier for more people to obtain medical services, control the already exploding cost of those services and not interfere with people’s most intimate decisions. You don’t need to be a Ph.D. in economics to understand [...]
Vote For The Clunkers
As a free-market capitalist who does not believe in artificial spending and pump-priming from Uncle Sam, I’m going to eat a little crow with the following statement: At this moment in history, if we’re going to use fiscal stimulus as Washington insists, I favor extending the cash-for-clunkers car-rebate program. With the greatest respect for my [...]
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