Runaway Borrowing, Issue, 2,467,201
A group called Demos found that a recent college graduate earning $36,000 a year
had only $34 a month left after paying his living expenses and loans. Touchstone
, July/August 2005, 57. (No link available.)
Eric Scheske
African Aid
The leading African economist, James Shikwati, discusses African aid. Link
[http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,druck-363663,00.html]
. Excerpt:
> SPIEGEL: Mr. Shikwati, the G8 summit at Gleneagles is about to beef up the
development aid for Africa...
> Shikwati: ... for God's sake,
Sad Celebration
Anyone who fires anything into the air in an inhabited area ought to be taken
out and maimed:
> Doctors are trying to save the life of an Albuquerque baby shot in the head by a
bullet that fell from the sky Monday night. The bullet was likely fired into
Thonged Protest
Either they're using sex to draw attention to themselves or they're pretty ugly
and this is punishment:
> Hundreds of protesters, some wearing just thongs and plastic bull horns, marched
through Pamplona on Tuesday to protest against the centuries-old running of the
bulls, Spain'
Agreeing with a Pro-Gay Op-Ed
It's not often that we agree with a New York Times op-ed, much less a NYT op-ed
in support of gay marriage. But here's one that has us nodding, at least most of
the time. Link
[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/05/opinion/
All Sorts of Dads Volunteering
> A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the American
Association for Nude Recreation can pursue its claim that [a law requiring
parental supervision at a nudist camp for kids] violates its free speech rights,
crimping its ability to spread its nudism philosophy.
Divorced Tarzan
> A Romanian man ended up in hospital after he tried to swing from tree to tree to
escape his wife and go drinking.
> Stefan Trisca, 66, had been locked in the bedroom by his wife who was fed up
with him going drinking with his friends.
Link [http:
Leno on the Childless Culture
> Did you know that today is 'Take your dog to work' day? How stupid is this? What
am I missing here? Are there a lot of dogs being held back in their careers
because of lack of experience in the workplace?
And the sex-obsessed culture:
>
Setting New Kissing Record
A mix of desire for fame, diversion from ennui, sexual obsession, and probably a
handful of other unidentified problems in our culture:
> More a test of endurance than enduring love, the record set in the US in 2001 is
30 hours, 59 minutes and 27 seconds.
> The partners
Band-Aid on a Gaping Chest Wound
> Members of Epiphany Baptist Church on McDuff Avenue asked city officials in late
June to consider banning cosmetic gold teeth and low-hanging pants. Church
deacon Richard Burton said higher waistlines and whiter smiles could wipe away
the thuggish image many young people project -- and that change could help