IF you grow up black in the Caribbean you grow up as a member of the majority and you enjoy all its accompanying rights and priviledges. In history class kids are taught that their country, the region and by extension most of the North American continents was built on the backs of African slaves...

EDUCAUSE Now is a monthly podcast, focusing on the intelligent use of information technology in higher education.  Join host Gerry Bayne and Colleen Luckett for this episode that presents some ideas, strategies, and opportunities from leaders in higher education IT. Subscribe to the EDUCAUSE NOW RS...

By Steven Zeitchik We've been on  for a while about how odd the timing is for the boomtime consumerism of "Confessions of a Shopaholic." Just watching the trailer makes us feel like time travel is possible. THR reviewer Michael Rechtshaffen is no less perplexed. In his just-poste...

While the unemployment rate rises to record highs, recruiters are scrambling for their lives. However, there is some potential new opportunity for recruiters, if they act quickly. An article by Nick Carey titled Hiring firms gear up for US finance mop-up, stimulus highlights this opportunity. The ar...

As some of you know, I frequently comment in the local newspaper on issues that are pertinent and current to what is going on in Butler County. And, not being afraid to voice my opinion by using my real name, leads me open to attack. Recently I commented on the current situation going on with the la...

I can’t help but wonder, but with all these companies announcing massive layoffs, are they doing it because they need to. Or are they using the current economic downturn as an excuse to trim the fat. ---Related Articles at It tastes like burning: I really don’t like Epiphany Stuck thrott...

There have been well over a quarter of a million layoffs in the tech industry since August in the United States. At America’s 500 top companies, there have been 360,000 jobs cut since November. Clearly, times are tough. That could actually be good news for social networks, though, as long as t...

Filed under: Computers While their men sit in front of financial Web sites sobbing, Wall Street wives and girlfriends are now logging onto their own Web sites and commiserating, according to the London Times. The blog, called Dating a Banker Anonymous, affords "DABA Girls" the opportunity to bemoan ...

Porn baron Larry Flynt is seeking a 5 billion bailout from Washington to rejuvenate the industry which he says is suffering because of the economic downturn....

One economist says the relative calm is because almost everyone is hurt. When everyone suffers a setback, you don’t feel as bad about your setback. Dennis Prager took the media to task for focusing on the relative casualties in the fight between Israel and Hamas. So Israel has only lost four p...