I don’t know about you, but when I read about the collapse of a pyramid scheme that takes down wealthy, well-educated investors and nonprofits, I shake my head and wonder how such smart people made such (in hindsight) dumb choices. The answer, in part, seems to lie in affiliation, or the cultu...

So, this happens to us all the time.  We're away for a while, we fall a bit behind here and next thing you know, we're drowning in items to share.  Invariably, an all-too-familiar sloth sets in, and many of these nuggets fall to the wayside.  Not this time, however.  ...

The daily mix: 1) Los Lobos: "On a Night Like This"2) Guy Forsyth: "So Hard"3) Young Fresh Fellows: "I Got My Mojo Working (And I Thought You'd Like to Know)"4) Michael and the Messengers: "Romeo and Juliet"5) Detroit Cobras: "I Wanna Holler But the Town's Too Small"6) Neil Young: "Farmer John"7) My...

We all know that Eliot Spitzer got caught in a prostitution ring called the Emperor’s Club, ending his short tenure as New York governor and dashing–in the short-term anyway–any larger political aspirations. But do we know exactly how he got caught? Well, we know what the Southern ...

Bernie Madoff made news when he confessed to ripping off investors.  When we first heard about it, the word was that at some point his investment vehicles became "ponzi schemes"--money coming in was being used to pay returns to other investors.  As more information ...

John Celmer, the man whose death is the subject of the Final Exit Network assisted suicide criminal charges, was not terminally ill. Indeed, he had apparently beaten his cancer. From the story: John Celmer was making what his doctor considered “remarkable progress� last spring after two surgerie...

ToryDiary:  David Ruffley announces "Mobile Urban Gaols" to spearhead Tory effort to let the police concentrate on policing Abhishek Majumdar on Platform: Avoiding tax avoidance and restoring confidence to the UK Seats and Candidates Search for 100 Peers: Sir Andrew Green Local Govern...

Great deals this weekend for men, women, boys and girls. For men -  John Varvatos and Cloth Logic shirts and jackets that are normally $125 are now as low as $50. Remaining Joe's and Paige denim for men marked down at 65% off. For women - choose from a large selection of sweate...

I have had this Lifetime Reading List for some time now and I thought  I'd finally share it with you.There are many on this list (29) that I have read (the ones that are starred), several that have been turned into movies I have seen, and several others that I would like to read eventually...

...but I'd rather finish this margarita than write an item at 7 on Friday night, so I'm just going to give you the press release, straight up:  Opera Boston announces 2009-2010 season Highlights include world premiere commission Madame White Snake;Woodruff, Blythe, Maniaci, Huang, and ...