From NY TImes(hat tip Turbulence Ahead)
In the paper, Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers argue that money indeed tends to bring happiness, even if it doesn’t guarantee it. They point out that in the 34 years since Mr. Easterlin published his paper, an explosion of public opinion surveys has allowed for a better look at the […]

Hillary Rodham Clinton ground out a gritty victory in the Pennsylvania primary Tuesday night, defeating Barack Obama and staving off elimination in their historic race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
“Some counted me out and said to drop out,” the former first lady told supporters cheering her triumph in a state where she was outspent by […]

The American Supreme Court yesterday upheld Kentucky’s method of execution by lethal injection, rejecting the claim that officials there administered a common sequence of three drugs in a manner that posed an unconstitutional risk that a condemned inmate would suffer acute yet undetectable pain.
In the current cases … the constitutionality of the death penalty is […]

Finally some bit of newsworthiness to get the Lisbon Treaty as a topic of conversation amongst the people. 60% of people are still undecided as to how they will vote, largely due to a lacjk of information. The Referendum Commission has been established for over a month now and done little more than make apologies […]

Now the Daily Show can so often be hit and miss - but when done well, they can produce excellent pieces - an example being this piss take inspired by the farce that is Fox news.

In the wake of Bertie resignation there has been much along the lines that Bertie wasted the Boom a mantra that the opposition have been touting out for years. Now there is indeed some validity to that. For one thing the way we invested in housing and not in innovation was disappointing. One of the […]

From the Financial Times
Europe’s 30 most important transport projects will cost far more than first thought, making it uncertain how some financially strapped governments will find the necessary funds, according to an independent study.
The report, prepared by PwC, the professional services firm, for the European parliament, blames the €40bn ($63bn, £32bn) cost overrun on poor […]

On Sam Smyth show on Today FM on Sunday Eamon Ryan mentioned a motion at the Green Party conference to drop the year from number plates to reduce new car sales. This is not as crazy as it seems. Pidge on P.ie came up with this graph.

It is quiet obvious why this happens. A 08 […]

Screen legend Charlton Heston has died at the age of 84.
The actor passed away at his home in Beverly Hills last night with Lydia, his wife of 64 years, by his side.
Heston had been battling Alzheimer’s disease since 2002. After being diagnosed, he had said: “I must reconcile courage and surrender in equal measure.”
A statement […]

Listening to Willie O’Dea on RTE seems that they are blaming the resignation on the fact that the Mahon Tribunal is distracting the government from operating successfully and thus for the benefit of the country he resigned. Interesting way of putting it playing the Martyr card.
Certainly seems that this might not be over and that […]