http://www.ey3news.com/content/topic_000025_page.shtml Updated with the latest news for Opinions and Editorials en-gb Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:05:53 EST Copyright: (C) Ey3News.com, see http://www.ey3news.com/terms_and_conditions.shtml for terms and conditions of reuse http://www.ey3news.com/ http://www.ey3news.com/images/icons/ey3news_logo_rss.gif http://www.ey3news.com As the world of baseball gathers in Cooperstown for the Hall of Fame induction ceremony this weekend, the term "performance-enhancing" is getting nearly non-stop negative attention. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219951 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219951 2007-08-10 18:01:57 YOU know things are bad when the European Central Bank does something dynamic. The ECB yesterday addressed the gathering credit crunch in financial markets, as subprime worries stalk Germany as well as the United States, by injecting nearly 95 billion... http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219654 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219654 2007-08-10 18:01:41 I WANT to talk to you today about life on the mean streets of the city. Before you say anything, this isn't another hard-hitting investigation into the various walking styles one sees nowadays. I've said my piece on that. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219655 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219655 2007-08-10 18:01:41 BOOKS denying God's existence appeal to people's fear, prejudice and ignorance - and these are being used to stifle any real debate, says DAVID A ROBERTSON http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219656 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219656 2007-08-10 18:01:41 ADRIAN COLWELL, a former special adviser to Jack McConnell, reflects on the SNP's manifesto promises to devolve power increasingly to local communities http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219657 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219657 2007-08-10 18:01:41 BUSINESS demands more regulation. Now there's an unlikely headline. But in one particular area it seems to be true. When looking at how to make their company greener, bosses think that more rather than less red tape is required. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219658 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219658 2007-08-10 18:01:41 HAVE we considered the implications of where Salmond is taking us? http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219659 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219659 2007-08-10 18:01:41 FOLLOWING the European Commission's (EC) investigation into the legality of the Scottish Parliament construction tendering procedures, public sector organisations in Scotland have made increasing efforts to comply with European Union (EU) procurement... http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219660 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219660 2007-08-10 18:01:41 ON autonomy, he has always favoured a gradual approach http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219661 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219661 2007-08-10 18:01:41 SARAH Tennant and Yvonne Postlethwaite, from Aberdeenshire Council, have both been awarded the Certificate of Proficiency in the Law and Practice of Registration in Scotland. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219662 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219662 2007-08-10 18:01:41 SCHOOL pupils are the most web-savvy generation of our times and the internet holds no fear for them. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219663 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219663 2007-08-10 18:01:41 THE Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a ministerial consultation on the proposed merger of the Health and Safety Commission (HSC) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219664 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219664 2007-08-10 18:01:41 IT IS an old maxim, but a true one, that justice must not only be done but also be seen to be done. In today's highly pressured judicial system this is not always the case, especially for the victims of crime and their families, who often feel mere cogs... http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219665 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219665 2007-08-10 18:01:41 WHEN he took over as Chancellor, Alistair Darling knew he had a hard act to follow in Gordon Brown. Now, it seems, the Edinburgh Central MP has won a cult new following - not for his skilled management of the economy, but his eyebrows. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219666 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219666 2007-08-10 18:01:41 THE case of the toddler Madeleine McCann has gripped the media as no other since her disappearance on 3 May. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219667 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219667 2007-08-10 18:01:41 IT HAS been claimed that most native-born Britons could not answer the new written test for British citizenship. We wonder how they would do: http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219668 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219668 2007-08-10 18:01:41 The United States is expanding its military presence in the Horn of Africa in an attempt to counteract terrorist groups in the region. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219355 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219355 2007-08-10 18:01:32 The path the United States has set on since the defeat of immigration reform in the Senate enshrines enforcement and punishment above all else. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219356 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219356 2007-08-10 18:01:32 Sadaharu Oh holds the records for the most homers with 868. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219357 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219357 2007-08-10 18:01:32 The army now requires a formal, independent investigation into the death of every American in a hostile area. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219358 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219358 2007-08-10 18:01:32 You have to agree that contemporary art transcends parody, so powerful is its compulsion for self-mockery. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219359 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003219359 2007-08-10 18:01:32 Jeff Randall explains who will fill the gap between the pension promises made to teachers, nurses, civil servants, etc and the funds that have been put by for payments. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218859 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218859 2007-08-10 18:01:16 David Millward has a question for environmentally concerned individuals demonstrating at Heathrow: what's your position on immigration from Eastern Europe? http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218860 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218860 2007-08-10 18:01:16 In the six weeks since Gordon Brown became Prime Minister, the government has moved deftly to change the entire focus of its campaign to defeat global terrorism , explains Con Coughlin. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218861 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218861 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Official information is too important to be under partisan political control, says David Green. And the best safeguard for objectivity is not an allegedly independent board appointed by partisan politicians. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218862 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218862 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Being middle-aged and skinny is about showing the world that you are still a player, says Lesley Thomas. And it's mothers who seem keenest on being thin. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218863 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218863 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Notebook by Alan Cochrane http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218864 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218864 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Black teenagers need role models to divert them from a world of gangs and criminality, according to a new study which highlights the significance of mentors for young people. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218865 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218865 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Time travel really could be a possibility for future generations, according to an eminent professor who has drawn up a theoretical model for a time machine. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218866 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218866 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Notebook by Bryony Gordon http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218867 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218867 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Since the very poorest members of society became a distinct underclass we have become two nations in names as well as actuality, observes Ed West. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218868 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218868 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Barack Obama is making a powerful case for why the Hillzilla juggernaut should never be president, writes Toby Harnden. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218869 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218869 2007-08-10 18:01:16 The Conservatives want to retain their seats, and Mr Cameron has no difficulty imagining himself in Number 10. But that is not the same thing as a political party hungry for the power to run, and change, a country, says George Walden. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218870 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218870 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Alex Salmond is about making friends and influencing people, and in that he succeeded, again, says Alan Cochrane. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218871 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218871 2007-08-10 18:01:16 The growth of Britain’s “surveillance society” was highlighted yesterday after the Government alerted consumers to the amount of private information held by public bodies and businesses. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218872 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218872 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Jan Moir on the auctioning of lost luggage, the innocence of Audrey Hepburn, the interior design of billionaires and the stuffing of geese. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218873 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218873 2007-08-10 18:01:16 By Malcolm Moore, in Venice http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218874 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218874 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Simon Heffer says we are governed by people who don't understand what the country is, how it works and, most important, how it provides for them and their predominantly urban people the theme park they so enjoy at weekends and on holidays. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218875 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218875 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Andrew McKie, our Obituaries Editor, explains his belief that the world stands no chance of becoming a better place if it does not remember and record the lives of the dead. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218876 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218876 2007-08-10 18:01:16 John Gummer says that David Cameron 's Conservative Party is one that welcomes the 21st century; that is pleased that people are better off; that celebrates the fact that London has again become the world's financial capital and that Labour has converted to free enterprise. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218877 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218877 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Notebook by Allan Massie http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218878 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218878 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Another View by Oliver Pritchett http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218879 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218879 2007-08-10 18:01:16 One can only admire the Tory leader's guts in confronting the Great Clunking Fist so brazenly, and by the end of the Tory conference, I think he, and we, will know if Bruiser Brown can be beaten, says Matthew d'Ancona. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218880 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218880 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Tony Blair wondered what his "legacy" would be, and it was in front of him all the time: a population explosion he did not plan for, writes Iain Martin. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218881 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218881 2007-08-10 18:01:16 The banks are not charitable organisations and neither should we expect them to be but, for their long term prospects we need them to behave responsibly, says Patience Wheatcroft. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218882 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218882 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Protests, bad management and terrorism: passengers face the perfect storm, statesMichael Bishop. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218883 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218883 2007-08-10 18:01:16 One would think that comfortably-off citizens and policymakers might possess some awareness that much braver people than themselves have encountered terrible risks on Britain's behalf, and paid a shocking price for it, writes Jenny McCartney. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218884 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218884 2007-08-10 18:01:16 It's a sure sign that August is here… no sooner had the flood waters started to recede than Jaws was spotted in Cornwall. Even if true, there's not too much to be worried about, reports James Langton. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218885 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218885 2007-08-10 18:01:16 I don't know when the idea first arose that country life is dull and worthy compared with the louche living of the city, but it must be fairly recent, muses Ross Clark. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218886 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218886 2007-08-10 18:01:16 When you are considering the prospects for Britain under Brown, don't forget that the truth is always out there, where it has always been - buried in the small print at the bottom of page 234, says Chris Grayling. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218887 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218887 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Today I'm talking to J St John Revelation, the distinguished and much-travelled suitcase, says Oliver Pritchett. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218888 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218888 2007-08-10 18:01:16 By Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218889 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218889 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Brewing giant Scottish & Newcastle today became the latest in a long line of consumer-focused companies to blame the weather for falling sales. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218890 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218890 2007-08-10 18:01:16 The Government yesterday launched a damage-limitation exercise after it emerged that Lord Malloch-Brown, the former diplomat brought into the Cabinet by Gordon Brown, had backed the idea of the UK losing its permanent seat on the UN Security Council and handing it over to the EU. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218891 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218891 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Falling in love can damage your health, scientists have warned, because the rollercoaster ride of amorous emotions exerts the same stress on your body as deep fear. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218892 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218892 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Rachel Sylvester describes the uncanny parallels between cage-fighting and politics at the moment. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218893 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218893 2007-08-10 18:01:16 The British Army is at full stretch, so Allan Mallinson asks if they can take the long haul in Afghanistan? http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218894 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218894 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Farmers are the key to our national heritage, not just our food production suggests Rowan Pelling. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218895 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218895 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Graham Boynton suggests the simplest way to make sure you and your luggage both end up at your destination. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218896 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218896 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Scotland's Labour party is faced with one candidate, not a contest, as Labour's magic circle decides the future says Alan Cochrane. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218897 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218897 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Craig Brown assesses the latest report form the Institute of Bogus Statistics. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218898 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218898 2007-08-10 18:01:16 The great white shark that a few folk swore was breaking the surface of the seas off Cornwall softly and suddenly vanished away under scrutiny, turning out to have been at best an innocent basking shark. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218899 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218899 2007-08-10 18:01:16 One of Gordon Brown's early initiatives as Prime Minister was to kill off the plan for a super-casino. Any indication that the Government was at last seeing the moral flaws in the argument that a local economy can be revived by more gambling would, though, be deceptive. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218900 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218900 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Like many dictators before him, President Musharraf evidently considers himself essential to his country's stability, and that belief has until recently been fostered by the West. But several factors have conspired to dent his reputation http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218901 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218901 2007-08-10 18:01:16 The one thing that seems capable of derailing Gordon Brown's prime ministerial bandwagon is a bad economic wobble - and the wobbling has started. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218902 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218902 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Professor Amos Ori, an Israeli scientist, has used complicated formulae to prove that time travel is a possibility. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218903 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218903 2007-08-10 18:01:16 The Iranian revolution has signally failed to keep its promise to provide work for a remarkably young population. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218904 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218904 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Any initial signs of improvement in primary education standards have now disappeared, leaving nearly half of all pupils below an acceptable level of competence in the skills that are required for educational progress. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218905 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218905 2007-08-10 18:01:16 The welfare of bats is to be encouraged. Protect them by all means - just don't make the mistake of thinking that, if you build them a luxury home, they will hang out there. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218906 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218906 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Mr Brown thinks it is good politics to nail the "Bush's poodle" gibe at the outset of his premiership. Yet our alliance with America remains the cornerstone of our foreign policy. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218907 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218907 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Our farmers deserve not only reliable compensation for losses incurred through foot and mouth, but a more sophisticated examination of their alternatives. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218908 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218908 2007-08-10 18:01:16 The Conservatives have ammunition aplenty with which to attack this Government: start loading the guns, Mr Cameron. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218909 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218909 2007-08-10 18:01:16 It is a harsh but observable truth that for every fat person who eats like a sparrow, there are many more who guzzle like gannets. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218910 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218910 2007-08-10 18:01:16 In 2001 the Blair Government refused to set up a foot and mouth inquiry, so now farmers face the threat again. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218911 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218911 2007-08-10 18:01:16 Last night's Dispatches programme on Channel 4 contained an interview that would seem to qualify as specific incitement to violence. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218912 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218912 2007-08-10 18:01:16 The problem of fat cats is on the increase as our cats are becoming like our children. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218913 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218913 2007-08-10 18:01:16 The federal government’s abandonment of comprehensive immigration reform has been matched by unprecedented crackdowns at the state and local level. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218401 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218401 2007-08-10 18:01:02 The massive failure to communicate by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority yesterday was not encouraging for New Yorkers. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218402 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218402 2007-08-10 18:01:02 If ever there were a duo that needed a do-over, it’s the Chrysler-Nardelli team. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218403 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218403 2007-08-10 18:01:02 The career arc that Barry Bonds has followed is a gravity-defying line drive, still rising as it vanishes from sight. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218404 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218404 2007-08-10 18:01:02 Getting foreign aid right is harder than it looks. So how do we make aid smarter? http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218405 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218405 2007-08-10 18:01:02 What does it say about animal rights if animals can identify bottled water by brand name? http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218406 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218406 2007-08-10 18:01:02 The Internet has made the views of crowds more accessible while rendering them less dangerous. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218407 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218407 2007-08-10 18:01:02 Barry Bonds is far behind the world record, the 868 homers slugged by Sadaharu Oh when he played for the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants from 1959 to 1980. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218408 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218408 2007-08-10 18:01:02 Sadly, the death of Cpl. Pat Tillman leaves an unhappy legacy: a ludicrous change in the U.S. Army regulation that deals with reporting casualties. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218409 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218409 2007-08-10 18:01:02 The Nation - The Nation -- Carl Bernstein will always be known as the journalist who brought down a president whose disregard for the Constitution and the rule of law disqualified the errant executive from completing a second term in the White House. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217865 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217865 2007-08-10 18:00:40 RealClearPolitics.com - As the House of Representatives adjourned for August recess, Republican and Democratic campaign committees braced for a rapid change of the 2008 battleground. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217867 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217867 2007-08-10 18:00:40 Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- Just before the first Gulf War, during that ominous fall of 1990, I spent some time in Saudi Arabia and in the region. I explored the eastern provinces, where Americans and other troops in the coalition were pouring in. I drove with my young guide, Adel al-Jubeir -- now Saudi ambassador to the U.S. -- along the Persian Gulf, gleaming in the sunlight, until we reached the dusty, end-of-the-line town of Khafji. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217868 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217868 2007-08-10 18:00:40 The Weekly Standard - JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT it couldn't get worse for the New Republic, Bob Owens reveals what can only be described as a serious deception by the magazine's editors in their statement corroborating Beauchamp's "Shock Troops" article. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217869 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217869 2007-08-10 18:00:40 The Weekly Standard - West HarlemTUCK-IT-AWAY SELF-STORAGE dominates the block between 131st Street and 132nd Street on the west side of Broadway, a stretch of the famous thoroughfare where the New York City subway actually runs above ground. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217870 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217870 2007-08-10 18:00:40 The Weekly Standard - Muscatine, IowaHere in this small but engaging river city, known for its watermelons and sunsets, Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas and now a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, wants the two dozen Iowans seated around him in Green's Tea and Coffee to know that he's "leading" in the polls. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217871 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217871 2007-08-10 18:00:40 Ann Coulter - In their latest demonstration of how much they love the troops, liberals have produced yet another anti-war hoax. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217872 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217872 2007-08-10 18:00:40 James Kilpatrick - On the night of Dec. 10, 1947, Army Lt. Rudolph J. Feres died in a barracks fire at Pine Camp, N.Y. His widow sued the government for its negligence. She lost, 9-0, in the U.S. Supreme Court. Now, nearly 60 years later, the case may be coming back to life. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217873 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217873 2007-08-10 18:00:40 AP - Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217874 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217874 2007-08-10 18:00:40 The Weekly Standard - WITH INVESTORS HAVING lost the odd billion in recent weeks (but remember: share prices are still 14 percent higher than they were at this time last year), the hunt for a scapegoat is on. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217875 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217875 2007-08-10 18:00:40 The Weekly Standard - There's no obvious way to measure such a thing, but as a matter of intuition, you'd have to say that the most hated people in America today are sensible Democrats. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217876 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217876 2007-08-10 18:00:40 The Christian Science Monitor - The more America opens the door to legalized gambling, the harder it gets to shut it when the need arises. That's the big message in a standoff between the US and the rest of the world over whether to ban gambling on the Internet. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217857 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217857 2007-08-10 18:00:39 USATODAY.com - Why do so many action movies, such as current box office sensation The Bourne Ultimatum, start with chase scenes and then retrace to build the plot? http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217858 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217858 2007-08-10 18:00:39 USATODAY.com - One of this year's best-selling books, The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn and Hal Iggulden, attempts to re-engage boys (and their dads) in the art of tying knots and building tree houses. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217859 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217859 2007-08-10 18:00:39 USATODAY.com - Two portrayals of China were center stage in the past two days. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217860 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003217860 2007-08-10 18:00:39