Mark Twain, the bard of the Mississippi River, was always skeptical of human efforts to control it. “Ten thousand river commissions, with the mines of the world at their back, cannot tame that lawless stream, cannot curb it or confine it, cannot say to it, ‘Go here,’ or ‘Go there,’ and make it obey,” he wrote in 1883
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Three Men And a Bailout
The largest government bailout in U.S. history was born before dawn on Sept
Drug Nets
Stepping up the attackSometimes it seems that success fathers its own problems.
Swiss ‘JetMan’ calls off Grand Canyon flight
Swiss “JetMan” Yves Rossy canceled his first U.S. flight in a jet-propelled wing suit at the last minute Friday, saying he didn’t have enough time to train
Minimum Wage Hike.: A Poor Idea During a Recession?
MINIMUM WAGE HIKEEVER since the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938 set up a federal minimum wage, there have been few public issues in the U.S.
Should the Prop 8 Decision Be Overturned?
Did the federal judge who wrote the decision overturning Prop 8 — California’s ban on gay marriage — make his ruling because he wanted to marry his longtime boyfriend? That’s the charge from the losing side in the decision issued last year by now retired Chief Judge Vaughn Walker.
Richard Stengel: We Need a Jobs Czar
For the next two years, jobs are job No.
Medicine: Cut Out the Liver
One of the most familiar of all trade names was booked for a major operation last week. The Federal Trade Commission told the manufacturers of Carter's Little Liver Pills to cut the word “liver” out of the product name
World: NIGERIA’S CIVIL WAR: HATE, HUNGER AND THE WILL TO SURVIVE
Guided by burning flares, a transport plane dipped down out of the night over Biafra last week and landed with a shipment of condensed food for the secessionist state’s starving population.
Has Barbie Delivered a Knockout Blow to the Bratz?
The Bratz may be hosting their final slumber party next month.