Current Affairs

Cleaning The Car Hire Industry - A look at how the European Union have made steps to regulate the car hire industry and how these steps have been followed by the larger car rental companies.

Investing in a Down Market - When the market is down people frequently avoid investing. This article looks at some of the benefits of investing in our current down market.

Gas Prices To Come Down Next Week Unless George Bush And Big Oil Intervene - Gas prices are set to come down and provide relief from record prices. World conditions governing the price of oil and gas have calmed down and unless George Bush messes things up we should be seeing a reduction in gas costs as soon as next week.

Fashion Sins Of Grown Women - As women get older, there are many who are afraid of aging and they exert every effort to keep themselves looking young to keep you guessing their age.

It's Harder to Hate a Gay If He's Family - It is easy to harass and ridicule strangers. It is easy to treat them as objects of scorn to perhaps demonstrate our own moral superiority. But if a member of a loving family acts outside the normally expected pattern, there is usually an attempt to understand and assist. Are we not all family?

Daylight Savings Time Around the Globe - How many hours difference is there between New York and Moscow? The answer depends on whether or not it is daylight savings time in either, neither or both places. Learn all the things about daylight savings time nobody ever thinks about!

Choosing A Private Hospital, Not Just For The Super Rich - A look at the growth of private medical care for all sectors of society.

How Politics Can Teach the Sandwich Generation a Lesson in Communication - Senator Kerry said his remarks about Iraq were a joke gone awry. President Bush said neither he nor the troops saw it as funny. If you're a member of the Sandwich Generation with a family in flux and suffereing from the foot-in-mouth syndrome, use these tips toward better communication with your emerging adult children and aging parents.

The Latest Federal Rate Cut - Another Attempt to Bolster the Real Estate Market - This article discusses the Federal Reserve's recent third interest rate cut and its likelyhood to stem a future recession.

American Empire Running on Gas Fumes - The great tragedy of America in an age of peak oil is that the nation was built on and still depends for its normal functioning upon sources of cheap energy which are increasingly in short supply and becoming more and more expensive.