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Children are being abandoned on Greece's streets by their poverty-stricken families who cannot afford to look after them any more. Youngsters are being dumped by their parents who are struggling to make ends meet in what is fast becoming the most tragic human consequence of the Euro crisis. It comes as pharmacists revealed the country had almost run out of aspirin, as multi-billion euro austerity measures filter their way through society. Athens' Ark of the World youth centre said four children, including a newborn baby, had been left on its doorstep in recent months. One mother, it said, ran away...

As the “historic meeting at Washington’s Blair House” drags on, Tibor Machan points out just how ill-equipped philosophically the Republicans are to deal with the president’s pitch today for an egalitarian healthcare dispensation. How about them Philosophical Differences? By Tibor R. Machan President Obama and others at the summit Thursday (2/25/10) kept talking about philosophical difference between his team and the Republicans but what did they have in mind? By “philosophical” most mean “basic,” or “fundamental,” or, possibly “systemic.” Bottom line is that believing in an extensive role of the federal government in determining the health care requirements of American...

Alex Kurtagic’s dystopian novel, Mister attempts to illustrate the everyday consequences of living in a world in which current social, cultural, political, economic, and demographic trends have been allowed to continue. It treats the result of the liberal utopians’ efforts with sarcasm and derision, but its main target is the so-called “respectable conservative,” that has the right instincts and is fully aware of the destructive forces at work in Western societies, but is too preoccuped with maintaining social status and professional prestige to risk voicing politically incorrect opinions. He silently opts for a reactive strategy of avoidance and adaptation, rather...

Business as usual on Big Dig boondoggle By Joe Fitzgerald Boston Herald Columnist Saturday, July 15, 2006 Insanity, according to one insightful definition, is doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results. That’s us, the populace of Massachusetts, doing what we have always done, which is why we are getting what we have always gotten, except it’s never been more flagrant than what we’re witnessing right now. What makes this Big Dig scandal so atrocious is its scope, not its substance, for corruption, greed and graft are nothing new in Massachusetts. Indeed, we have become so inured...