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Years ago, when my father was part of the boys in blue, he would complain bitterly about how the sociologists were adversely affecting the judicial system. My father’s beef then was with those who came up with vapid excuses on why perpetrators engaged in wanton violent crimes. Some of these same excuses are now...
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United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown was defeated in parlimentary elections last week. He is stepping down from his post as prime minister. “As leader of my party I must accept that that is a judgment on me,” he said. Brown is asking his Labour party to start on preparations for a new leadership...
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HOPEDALE, LA – MAY 07: Workers remove a damaged oil boom recovered from the Gulf of Mexico May 7, 2010 near Hopedale, Louisiana. Efforts continue at containing oil leaking into the gulf from the April 20 explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Oil...
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London, England (CNN) — “After an election that left no party with a clear majority, the final decision over who becomes Britain’s next prime minister could lie in the hands of one woman who never votes: The queen.” This is pretty astonishing news as the queen never votes. This is highly unorthodox as CNN...
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According to Mashable. “The prototype application analyzes status updates to determine the collective mood of the social network’s 300+ million users. Facebook (Facebook) writes in a blog post, ‘examples of positive or happy words include ‘happy,’ ‘yay’ and ‘awesome,’ while negative, or unhappy words, include ‘sad,’ ‘doubt’ and ‘tragic.’” CNN reports, “As you might...
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Crude oil has been spilling into the Gulf of Mecixo since an offshore oil drilling rig exploded on April 20. So far almost none of the spilled oil has reached any land. Shifts in wind speed and wind direction could very well drive the dirty spill towards the US shore and scare the tourists....
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Mr. Goodluck Jonathan, previously the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa Stat, was sworn in on Thursday as president of Africa’s most populous nation becoming Nigeria’s 14th Head of State. Goodluck Jonathan was born in Otueke in Bayelsa State, a state in southern Nigeria in the core Niger Delta region, between Delta State and Rivers State....
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