Do Toyota’s really have a problem?

Another useless medical test.

Why Greece can’t pay.

A bill has been introduced in the New York State Assembly that would ban the use of salt in restaurant cooking.

The above is almost as smart as expressing your anger at another nation by destroying your own.

Is Alzheimer’s an overreaction to infection?

Using lasers and gold to fight Toxoplasmosis.

Scrap metal dealers tend to be scary people for a lot of reasons. This is one of them.

History is being made. Don’t you feel special to live in times like these?

Are banks having troubles? Or are they just getting realistic?

A portrait of a messed up country.

A comparison of job losses over the last few economic down turns.

The Troubles of Korea’s Influential Economic Pundit is this week’s essay of the week.

A professional hit by the Mossad. Or not.

Why the world hate’s Americans. For the record, Haiti’s deforestation was caused by a demand for charcoal. How refraining from eating pig meat is going to fix that is anyone’s guess.

Rumors and more rumors.

Using lasers to zap bugs. Some people just have to much time on their hands.

The capture that everyone is talking about.

And everybody is still taking about Greece.

It gets old to panic all the time. But the crises is still going strong. Here are some of the things that people are still worrying about.

What is the full extent of the problem?

Can the system handle the problem?

And can we solve the problem before the baby boomers start retiring en-mass?

Edit: Don’t forget jobs.

It is more of a rant then an essay. It is too political correct when it comes to Haitian culture. Nonetheless, what this essay says about the aid agencies that are supposed to be helping the Haitians needs to be said. What is going on down there is a scandal.

Are copper pipes linked to Alzheimer’s? Perhaps. But one should keep in mind that correlation is not causation.

Just goes to show what you can accomplish if you are dedicated enough.

The UN’s top climate change body relies on rumor and hearsay.

An explanation for why there are so few kids in Japan.