New Future For The Old Europe: A Sexual Revolution Of Mass Culture
“I call it a sexual revolution: a Catalan boy meets a Flemish girl, they fall in love, get married — and they become European, just like their children.”
Brinkmanship In A World On The Edge
– A convoy of hearses left the cemetery in Thessaloniki, Greece and made its way to the government’s nearby regional headquarters. To the relief of the civil servants watching from the windows, the vehicles were empty – except for the drivers, who arrived en masse to protest a recent tax hike. Hearse costs…
Brainy and Flawed Presidential Candidate
The Gingrich WASHINGTON – We’re licking our chops. If it was just for the serious matter of electing the “leader of the free world,” as they say (albeit less and less), the possibility of seeing Newt Gingrich become the Republican nominee for the November 2012 U.S. presidential elections would be just fine…
Meltdown Of World Economy On The Brink
A German newspaper said Merkel had concluded Greece was insolvent and was pushing for a mandatory debt restructuring. Three years after the crash of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers, the financial crisis is hitting hard again. If, in the fall of 2008, the whole future of the international financial system – and,…
Ancient Wonders Garner Fame In Troubled Times
10 Lost Cities Of The World These ancient wonders are well worth a visit, even in troubled times. By Morgan Brennan Petra, Jordan Photo: Ed Freeman/Getty Images Gazing at the Andean peaks soaring above the Lost City of the Incas and the lush valley below, it’s easy see why it was voted one of the…
Italian Sex Scandal : Berlusconi`s Women Outraged over Evictions [photos]
The women named as guests in a sex probe involving Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi have been evicted from their homes after the residents association complained they ‘lowered the tone.’ The women all lived rent-free in the complex after being given the apartments by Berlusconi, 74, and were regulars at his infamous ‘bunga bunga’ sex…