Archive for November, 2010

Paramount Pictures r...

Paramount Pictures is releasing a remake of the classic 1969 movie that won John Wayne an oscar – True Grit.  The Coen Bros, Joel and Ethan both wrote the screenplay and directed the picture.  And while many websites are singing praises for the movie “trailers”,...

Federal Government E...

Heritage Foundation Report – For years most of us have known that government employees, at all levels, make much more money than private sector employees who do much the same type of job.  So, now we find ourselves in the midst of a huge recession and strangely enough, those...

General Motors bankr...

On November 18, 2o10, GM announced a new public offering.  How can that be, you ask?  A company that lost $80 billion between 2006 and 2008, as a result of rumoured buffoon management in the early 2000s?  A company that managed to talk Washington into bailing them out to the tune...

San Francisco Chroni...

The Environmental Protection Agency celebrates its 40th anniversary next week.  Established during the tenure of President Richard Nixon, it is an agency of the federal government tasked with the protection of human health and the environment.  It began operations on December 3,...

EU Ban on “Herbal ...

On April 30, 2004, the European Union brought into force a new directive (The Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive 2004/24/EC).  The directive was established to provide a regulatory approval process for herbal medicines.  Previously, each EU member regulated these products...

Black Swan opens in ...

Black Swan officially opens in theatres on December 3.  A psychologically thriller centered inside a world class ballet company, not the setting that comes to mind for such a story line.  Ballet is associated, in my mind, with youth, innocence, purity and elegance.  But the stage...