Everyone is concerned about the cost,
New federal security rules for issuing driver's licenses could cost $11 billion to implement, raising concerns among states about paying for the changes, according to a national survey of states released Thursday.
This doesn't seem good for the future of corporate America:
Graduate business students in the United States and Canada are more likely to cheat on their work than their counterparts in other academic fields, the author of a research paper said on Wednesday.
Silly me. I'd have thought if you were going to put opinion in the news section, you might want to clearly indicate that to readers with something like, oh, a highly visible label saying something like ANALYSIS or COMMENTARY or even, heaven forbid, OPINION. But The New York Times has a plan that is a lot more subtle:
Don't let the door hit you on the way out:
Secretary-General Kofi Annan appealed for nations to unite against human rights abuses, religious divisions, brutal conflicts and an unjust world economy in an emotional farewell on Tuesday. But his remarks were overshadowed by a military coup in Thailand and the Iranian president's fiery defense of his country's nuclear program.
Ah, the old "I may be in trouble so I'll come out of the closet" gambit:
There's one glaring problem with the new Jim McGreevey book that hit store shelves yesterday.
It never mentions why he's no longer the governor of New Jersey.
He was on Oprah yesterday to introduce the book to the American public and, again, neither McGreevey nor Oprah ever mentioned why he had to quit his job and leave Trenton.
And you've been saying newspapers no longer provide useful information:
With the start of fall only days away, experts are predicting a colorful coating of leaves on the region's mountainsides this season.
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Leaf colors begin showing once the weather cools, as chlorophyll is reabsorbed by the tree, revealing yellow pigments that were present all summer and red pigments triggered by the weather change, said UNC Asheville botanist David Clarke.
The Islamic extremists continue their admirable attempts are remedial education, spelling out exactly what they intend for those willfully ignorant infidels who just refuse to see it:
What rules should there be in war? If the other side doesn't play by them and we do, does that mean we preserve what we stand for rather than become like our enemies? Or are we giving them an upper hand that will make it harder for us to win? And how can we even debate the issue when there is such a difference in what people see when they look at the same thing?
Many conservatives read stories about the economy and see a liberal conspiracy because the numbers are obviously being misconstrued. But the truth is, most journalists just suck at math:
Every year, scores of fledgling journalists pour out of liberal arts programs. Though many will need to pick through mountains of statistics in search of the truth, few have been taught the skills to do it.
Will you people please allow your pets to keep some of their dignity this Halloween? Especially the feline-Americans.
