John Mark Reynold’s has a brief post regarding the recent ESCR controversy: Obama Amazing: Discovers Morally Neutral Science! With more than a little sarcasm, he notes: I have underestimated President Obama. Today he announced that we can experiment on human beings and even create new humans f...

Myles Brand, president of the NCAA, argues against proposals to give college athletes the option of taking a salary in lieu of free college courses they don't want in pursuit of a degree they'll never obtain, because: Paying even a few student-athletes would turn universities into entertainment cor...

Hunter Baker, over at First Things, has written a piece called “Evangelicals and Economics: Reflections of a Conservative Protestant.” He (as do I) seems to have a strong appreciation for fiscal conservatism and the free markets. Baker expresses his concerns with Laissez faire economics ...

Meet the "Royal Caribbean Champions," a group of fifty prolific posters to popular online communities that Royal Caribbean rewards with special access and free cruises in exchange for their frequent and positive commentary. The Champions were outed by their creators, the Customer Insight Group, whic...

Congress will sneak into your bedroom tonight and steal a precious hour of sleep, but you don't need to take the theft lying down. Get up tomorrow and use a few tips from Consumer Reports to steal back some hard-earned cash. General Housekeeping Batteries: Toss new ones in your smoke and carbon mono...

Best Buy charged Nicole $99 to backup her data but then replaced her hard drive without backing up a single byte. Nicole's service contract clearly stated that Best Buy would perform the backup before any other service. Now Best Buy is claiming that her old hard drive is their property and that she ...

James, Will I be able to eat raw to get enough vitamins and minerals for my body if I am allergic to raw apples, peaches, plums, cherries, berries, black grapes, star fruit, kiwi, pomegranet, soy, rye, certain nuts, etc, etc.??? I just don't have many foods that I am able to eat raw.  If p...

Christian Audio has a new free audiobook available for download, Donald S. Whitney’s Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life. The information concerning this book at Christian Audio states: It’s not uncommon for an accomplished musician to be able to sit down in front of a new piece...

Do not launch an Executive Email Carpet Bomb against your own company or it will explode in your face. Reader E discovered this the hard way when he tried to use an E.E.C.B. to convince the bank where he worked to reverse $300 worth of overdraft fees. E. writes: I've been an avid reader of this site...

In an article titled "To Keep Students, Colleges Cut Anything But Aid," the New York Times reports that: With the economy forcing budget cuts and layoffs in higher education, colleges and universities might be expected to be cutting financial aid. But no. Students considering a wide range of privat...