There is no real incentive for any father to cooperate with Child Support Agencies.  They aren't there to actually support families - much like any other social service.  That may have been the intention when they were formed, but they are more about self-serving their own budgetary and financial needs while performing...more

Anyone else think he looks like a young Kevin Costner?

I think it should remain at the company's discretion to offer benefits, not a government mandate.  If the government wants to do something about healthcare costs, they should start by regulating what hospitals can charge insurance companies for services.  Requiring everyone to have insurance is much akin to trying ...more

Donald Trump should buy Hostess. He'd be perfect - an overindulgent puff, full of cream, with a ridiculous looking top. A match made in heaven.

Of course retail is about profit.  Profit motivates investment and investment stimulates job growth.  Job growth creates employment opportunities that allow people to pay their bills.  Black Friday is the time of the year retailers can recoup year long losses while allowing people to buy stuff they want for less.  This...more

Perhaps Mr. Bloomberg could create special programs where the homeless and other social outcasts could be sent to "learn" about why they should conform to society's idea of correct.  To give it a festive atmosphere, they can call it a "camp."   And since learning new ideas requires concentration, perhaps "concentration...more

Neither side really presented a strong choice for any real leadership.

Police justify everything they do as being for the best interest of justice - even if that means trampling our freedom and losing any integrity they may have had.  The People must be protected from themselves, even if that means the police become the very criminals they are sworn to protect us from.

I like how people just accept mudslinging as the nature of politics.  Its only the nature with politicians that feed off lying and deception.  It will never change if we continually accept lying as being acceptable and start holding our leaders to a higher standard.  But that required people to actually stand up for so...more