Rudy Giuliani's business-friendly health-care plan

Seeded on Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:03 PM EDT (Slate)

Individual health care policies are a bad idea because of the lack of economies of scale gained by group purchases.

giuliani, health, health-care, health-insurance

Southwestern Baptist seminary launching homemaking program

Seeded on Fri Aug 10, 2007 1:09 PM EDT (The Dallas Morning News)

Coursework will include seven hours of nutrition and meal preparation, seven hours of textile design and "clothing construction," three hours of general homemaking, three hours on "the value of a child," and three hours on the "biblical model for the home and family."

college, education, baptist, gender, christianity

Church won't hold funeral for gay man

Seeded on Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:32 AM EDT (The Dallas Morning News)

I side with the church on this one; however, its easy to recognize that this is a controversial issue that is worth examining.

church, religion, funeral, homosexuality

Barry Bonds Took Steroids, Reports Everyone Who Has Ever Watched Baseball

Seeded on Tue Aug 7, 2007 7:05 AM EDT (The Onion)

Satire This is classic. Everyone in the front office knew all along.

sports, barry-bonds, satire

Beckham's no-show spoils party

Seeded on Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:51 AM EDT (The Dallas Morning News)

Beckham not only won't be playing for the Los Angeles Galaxy in tonight's SuperLiga match against FC Dallas – he won't even be in attendance. The Galaxy arrived in town Monday night without Beckham, who didn't make the trip because of an injured left ankle.

sports, soccer, fc-dallas, beckham

How to fix the healthcare system - Sending Back the Doctor's Bill

Seeded on Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:07 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Doctors in the United States earn two to three times as much as they do in other industrialized countries.

health, health-insurance

Merchants struggle to define customer satisfaction

Seeded on Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:46 AM EDT (The Dallas Morning News)

The good news: There's a growing realization that improving customer service is the best way companies can distinguish themselves in a crowded, competitive, built-out marketplace.

business, retail, marketing, customer-service

In Poker Match Against a Machine, Humans Are Better Bluffers - New York Times

Seeded on Thu Jul 26, 2007 3:18 PM EDT (The New York Times)

For anyone stuck on a casino stool, playing hours of video poker, rest assured: humans can still beat a computer.

sports, computer, poker

Explosions rock gas plant in Dallas - Yahoo! News

Seeded on Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:17 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)

Gas explosion near downtown Dallas.

explosion, dallas, us-news

Beckham doubtful for Galaxy's SuperLiga opener

Seeded on Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:08 PM EDT (ESPN.com)

Looks like Beckham will not start in his second match for the Galaxy. Even the Galaxy admit that he might be beter rested if he isn't constantly at parties and press conferences.

sports, soccer, los-angeles-galaxy, david-beckham, major-league-soccer