reflections

Deborah Crombie’s In a Dark House is a continuation of the Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James series that succeeds on at least three levels.
First, having set the novel in England, Crombie skillfully develops the historic and contemporary meaning of Southwark in such a manner that the American reader who is not familiar with the English countryside can [...]

Dennis Kuchinich has maintained all along that the war has been about oil and that the U.S. should not be a party to any attempt, by multinational oil companies, to take over Iraq’s oil resources.
To further his stand, Kucinich, in May, invoked a rarely used House rule of personal privilege to gain one hour of [...]

Michael Palmer’s 11th medical thriller, Society, targets the inherent dangers present to doctors, as well as, to consumers from the managed care industry that places profits ahead of patient well being. Using his insight as an ER doctor Palmer attempts to shed light on some of the more common abuses that HMO’s practice daily, such [...]

New York Times bestselling author, Lisa Jackson, once again produces a tense action-packed thriller that will enthrall readers from the moment that Cassidy learns you cannot come home until the climatic confrontation with the killer. This haunting story begins with an inferno that sears the night, snuffing out lives and dreams, and leaves a killer [...]

Hiring a chauffeur, to impress that special client, just got easier last Monday, June 4, 2007, when Avis rentals began offering chauffeurs as part of some rental policies.
Under their current price structure, a chauffeur can be hired with 24-hour notice in 10 big cities, including New York and Los Angeles for a mere $30 an [...]

While David Axelrod, Barack Obama’s chief strategist, states, “National polls are not all that relevant in a process that is largely sequential” current polls showing Obama tied with Clinton are consistent with what is being seen on the ground. Fortunately, the increasingly huge crowds that are showing up for Obama’s appearances may indicate that Clinton [...]

The first theory behind the push to approve the immigration bill is that Bush desires to create a North American Union, where the United States, Canada, and Mexico become one giant country, and the dollar is replaced by the Amero. The other theory is that Bush is just a pawn of the Big Business-Welfare State [...]

It currently costs the American public $90 billion a year in the form of charitable donations, reduced productivity and health care costs to meet the needs of those people who cannot afford the basic necessities of life such as food, clothing, and shelter. According to J. Larry Brown, a researcher at the Harvard School of [...]

According to Gregg Zoroya of USA Today, our nation’s military hospitals, that are commissioned to care for our nation’s fighting forces, are drastically understaffed causing long waits and almost impossible-to-get appointments. For example, Fort Stewart, Georgia’s Winn Army Community Hospital has a baby boom that has overwhelmed its gynecological and pediatric services.
Again this [...]

With subprime mortgage  business’s in trouble as loan volumes plummets, and defaults rise the smart money people see an opportunity in taking over these businesses. According to Steve Probst, national sales manager with Fairway Independent Mortgage, a “lot of people are betting that the market will snap back quickly.” 
However, it is a risky situation for [...]