By Myles Brand, NCAA President I returned recently from a trip to China, where I was a guest of the Ministry of Education. The Chinese had a successful Olympics, and they want to expand their approach to sports from one that focuses on preparing elite athletes for international competition to one th...

The most interesting news story of the day concerns the actual mechanism used by the Chinese authorities to censor the internet. It’s not what you’d expect — rather than a direct filter on content, it’s a 21st-century variant of the “Panopticon”. Thanks to Andy Bostom, C. Cantoni, El Ing...

Vice President Cheney, former AG Gonzales, Indicted in Texas WTF? Are we seeing the beginning of the Show Trials, or has the prosecutor down in Texas lost his marbles? Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have been indicted on state charges involving federal prison...

Ezekiel 42:1-43:27 ~ James 5:1-20 ~ Psalm 119:1-16 ~ Proverbs 28:6-7 ~ Click here to read today's Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~ ~ Listen to today's Scripture on DailyAudioBible.com (podcast) or OneYearAudioBible.org ~ Old Testament - Ezekiel chapter 42 continues the description of the temple in Ez...

Saudi Arabia is the longstanding largest swing producer of oil globally. In normal times, a Saudi increase in oil production would an have important impact on the market. Saudi Arabia announced in June, when oil was $134 a barrel, that it would increase output to curb rising oil prices. The price of...

VENTURE CAPITALISTS INVEST IN SOMALI PIRATES VENTURE capitalists in New York and London are pumping millions of dollars into Somalia’s booming pirate sector. Personnel issues are now dealt with via mentoring and third-party arbitration The sharp-eyed investors say Indian Ocean piracy has repla...

When the American Tort Reform Association publishes its gimmicky-but-juicy “Judicial Hellholes,” its annual list of the places it deems the most unfair places to be sued, the Rio Grande valley of Texas often makes the list. It might also top a list of places with the kookiest prosecution...

Diminuitive titular figurehead Dmitry Medvedev of the newly reconstituted Soviet Union sparked international envy this week as he beat President-El…President Elect O-…..sheesh.  I just can’t say it yet. He represents the Lollipop Kids, the Lollipop Kids, the Lollipop Kids… A...

Russia Russia is lurching towards a major economic crisis, experts predicted yesterday, following news that the price of oil had slumped to under $50 (£33.72) a barrel. The collapse was likely to have catastrophic consequences including a possible devaluation of the rouble and a severe drop in...

This could be a problem since many institutional investors and pension funds are barred from owning stocks below $5 dollars, and that could produce a massive sell-off of the stock that would further reduce the price. “That’s the danger of crossing that $5 threshold,” says Owen Malc...