A woman has been spotted reading a book while driving down a British motorway at 70mph. Builder Andy Stonham was heading home on the M1 in Leicestershire when he saw the woman sitting at the wheel of her Nissan Micra with her book open in front of her. He says he followed for ten miles, …
I assumed that David Brat, who beat Cantor in Virginia, was a Tea Party operative, paid by the Koch Brothers. In fact, Brat won by running on opposition to Wall Street and Republican corruption in Congress, and must be loathed by the Koches. Brat is quoted as saying, “All of the investment banks, up in …
Ring, ring; click. ‘Hi, you’ve reached X. Please don’t leave a message, but text me…”. And just like that, I’m subtly put in my place; my time deemed less valuable than that of the person whose mobile I called. It’s me who must stop, ring off, type out a message so that they needn’t waste …
The shock defeat of Eric Cantor, House Majority leade, illustrates the mess American politics is in. While Epicurus might have wished a plague on all parties, the fact is that the US needs a government, and it is clear that the crazies want no government at all. This is bad for everyone and augments the …
Only 5% of British office workers take a full hour for their lunch break. 68% eat their lunch at their desks. 32% have the same lunch every day. (Philadelphia/The Times) They also increasingly work long hours, enjoy reduced benefits, and have to wrestle with money- purchase (instead of the old final salary) pensions. As a …
