Are We Revisiting the 1970′s

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Wait long enough the saying goes and everything comes back in fashion. Well I don't know about you but the pain and suffering being experienced by many people in the UK today is one fashion I could do without. The press and social commentators are happily comparing now with the financial ...

Fertility Drugs And Birth Defects – The Tragedy Of A Useless Package Insert

Monday, July 7th, 2008

If you can't trust the FDA, then who can you trust? After all, it's part of the Federal Government and the designated watchdog to protect the consuming public from dangerous and ineffective drugs. It also sits in a position of impartiality, is loaded to the gills with expertise, and even ...

The Top 10 Most Wanted Toys For Christmas 2008

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Christmas is coming faster than you think! Each year the same thing happens to millions of parents, when they have to tell their little one that "Santa didn't have time to deliver this year". Instead of running around like a headless chicken trying to find that special toy during the Christmas ...

Democracy and Public Opinion

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

Since democracy has been defined as, "the Government of the people, by the people and for the people," the crucial role of public opinion cannot be underestimated. It is the public which gives its views about a government by exercising its franchise in the ballot box. In theory yes, a democracy ...

Gas Prices – Why They’re So High

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

It's a question just about every American wants to know. Why are gas prices so high? While the cost of barrels are hovering at about $100 a barrel it's no wonder that we would be concerned about the non-stop rise of gas prices. Just in the US alone, personal vehicles ...

Lead Toy Recalls Continue While Congress Piddles, Parents Urged to Fill Gap With Advocacy, Vigilance

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

With all the attention on lead in toys after the seven Mattel/Fisher-Price recalls in 2007, you might have assumed the issue was resolved. Think again. From January through June 2008, the there have been more than 50 recalls of over a million products due to high lead content. The vast ...

Rising Oil Prices – What Do They Keep Rising?

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

What effects oil prices is increasingly a point of debate amongst economists, politicians and investors. The fact is that oil prices have more than doubled in the last 12 months and there are many different arguments as to why the price has risen so dramatically. Diminishing supplies One argument states that it ...

We Need a Miracle

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Food costs will keep increasing and the hungry will have to peddle to the farmlands to find affordable food. There the farmers will let them gather unsold crops for a few bucks. Those without bikes will have to beg in the streets for food, but there will not be enough ...

Want to Get Gas Back Down to $1.30 Per Gallon?

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

I just checked out the "most popular" Facebook group in the Tampa Bay, FL network: "Want to get gas back down to $1.30 per gallon?" The group is trying to get people to stop buying gas from two big oil companies in an effort to "force" a "price war" among the ...

Our Health Care System – An Insider’s View

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Upon completing college back in the early 1970s, I worked for a large department store in NY in the accounting office. Working full time, naturally, I was afforded a company group insurance policy which included health benefits, along with dental, and life insurance. At that time there were no HMOs, ...