In Our World

In a world caught up in trying to pinch pennies whenever and wherever they can, retail behemoth Wal-Mart is getting caught up in a new and what seems – at first – an unlikely promotion. According to an article at Fast Company, Wal-Mart aims to change the country's…

Way back on August 24th, as the Carolina Panthers were playing the Miami Dolphins in an NFL preseason game, the announcers came on to tell us that one lucky fan would be going home that night with a car. How else did they plan on keeping an audience,…

Though I still think the idea has some merit, perhaps proposing an official language is not the best idea. I'm open to others. Let them fly. In the meantime, people want to know why I haven't mentioned anything about companies that offer services to those who speak other…

In classrooms across the US today, some 80% of teachers are female. A recent report shows that in these classrooms, it is quite likely that the teacher in front of these classrooms then affects how those students learn – but perhaps not in the way you might think….

As on-again, off-again Ernesto bears down on Florida, we're reminded that it was one year ago today that Hurricane Katrina was battering New Orleans, and this produced an entirely new paradigm. As people in Texas like to say that everything there is bigger, when you speak of New…

On our recent trip to Rhode Island, we decided to visit a winery. Surely there are wineries in the area, right? As it turns out, there are. But first, we thought it would be even more interesting to stop and get some cheese when we stumbled upon this…

The International Astronomical Union, meeting in Prague, agreed on a proposal to define what exactly makes up a planet – and in so doing, trimmed our solar system to eight "classical" planets, unceremoniously giving Pluto the boot. The new rules say that not only must a planet orbit…

After our first trimester of participating in the Blockbuster Rewards program, I'm not happy, I'm not feeling rewarded and if there was ever any doubt in my mind why this company is financially troubled and young upstarts such as Netflix are so popular, it's long gone. First, an…

While undoubtedly there are those who will tout the announcement that the UK has foiled a massive plan to blow up a series of trans-atlantic planes a success and we should all be growing warm fuzzies about now, I'd suggest that perhaps the exact opposite is true: About…

It appears that Dennis Kozlowski, the former head of Tyco and infamous for being one of the executives associated with looting their companies while shareholders suffered, is the recipient of another blow. What's so special about this one? His wife, Karen Kozlowski, has filed for divorce. Nothing odd…