Nov 10 2010

Congress as a Family Business: Brothers (and Sisters and Sons) in Arms

They often won by running against Washington and pledging to govern as outsiders. But when the freshmen of the 112th Congress take their oaths of office in January, they’ll find that some of their senior colleagues have made the House and Senate quite the family business Think spouses, sisters, brothers and cousins, an octet of [...]


Oct 10 2010

The Economy and the American Family

President Obama holds a discussion on the economy with local families in the backyard of the Weithman family in Columbus, OH. August 18, 2010.


Oct 7 2010

Oakland Cop Kills Dog, Leaves Family a Note on Front Door

A burglar did not violate Mary Kate Hallock’s house in Oakland, Ca. on Sept. 28, but the false alarm at her home led to the death of her dog. In Hallock’s back yard, Oakland Police officer Victor Garcia shot and killed Hallock’s 11-year-old golden Lab. According to the note left for owner Hallock on the [...]


Oct 5 2010

A Lavazza I.P.O. or Buyout? Don’t Count on Either

Private equity firms and bankers hoping for a taste of Luigi Lavazza, the coffee company founded in Italy by the Lavazza family in 1895, will just have to get their caffeine fix somewhere else, it seems. The company will never consider an initial public offering or a sale to private-equity funds, Bloomberg News reported. “Bankers [...]


Oct 3 2010

Rush Limbaugh Does ‘Family Guy’

Rush Limbaugh is set to make an appearance — well, his voice anyway — on Fox’s animated show “Family Guy.” And it looks pretty darn funny. The video below includes clips of the episode, as well as a fit-looking Limbaugh discussing with “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane why he accepted the invitation to be the [...]


Sep 30 2010

Ladies, Want a Career in Science? Want to Have a Family? Pick One

When you read the word “scientist,” what image comes to mind? Is it a white man in a lab coat? Now imagine this scientist sitting at a desk. Next to the scientific implements and computers, among the beakers and baubles, are there framed pictures of family?Chances are you did not picture a female. And perhaps [...]