I’ve been reading a lot about anguished homeowners recently, who’ve been whipsawed by the subprime crisis and are now mulling their future. In some spots in California, things haven’t been too pretty with the real estate market, thus leading to a rise in foreclosures. And just as easy credit flowed easily not too long ago, fueling the rise in subprime mortgage and “no money down†loans, we’re now seeing the consequential rise in yet another disturbing trend: people simply deciding to walk awhttp://www.thedigeratilife.com/blog/index...

There was no wow moment, or at least I do remember one. Maybe it was because we were four sisters at home and I went to an all-girls school until the age of 14, and I did not feel any gender discrimination growing up. Or maybe, because my father, a tough Lebanese judge-turned-lawyer, had always wanted a son and almost raised us like boys. Or maybe it was because I marveled at how my resilient mother calmly defied military checkpoints -appearing totally fearless in front of these armed men- durihttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/diana-elazar...

How very odd that The List Universe would release a list of "10 Books That Screwed Up the World" just after Regnery released a book by Dr. Benjamin Wiker called . . . 10 Books That Screwed Up the World. And how very odd that The List Universe included five of the same books that Wiker covered in his book. And how very, very odd that The List Universe named a book about intelligent design as its worst book, when Dr. Wiker is co-author of a book about — wait for it — intelligent design. Coihttp://thepoint.breakpoint.org/2008/05/re-...

Player of The Season It just has be Emmanuel Adebayor. I was a tough choice, but his efforts over the whole season have to be enough to win it. Flamini, Fabregas and Clichy were all up there but Adebayor has topped that list for me. His job as a striker is to score goals, and he’s managed to hit that magic 30 mark, something we haven’t seen since Henry was in his prime. After Titi’s departure and Robin’s injuries, we wondered where to goals were going to come from but Ade has shown us he cahttp://the-cannon.com/2008/05/16/end-of-se...