Players Union Rejects NBA Owners’ Latest Offer, Season Now in Serious Jeopardy The long and short of it is the NBA players have rejected the latest offer from the owners in the ongoing labor dispute. That decision, and the one to disband the union, puts the entire season in jeopardy. Read more More
Berlusconi to Resign, Vows to Spend More Time with Underage Hookers Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi promised to resign after his country’s parliament passes economic reforms and a 2012 budget demanded by the European Union. When and if that will ever happen is anyone’s guess. Read more More
Obama Announces First Step to Ease Student Loan Debt, Cancel Arrested Development On Wednesday, President Obama used an executive action to help address the growing problem of student loan debt in America. It’s a decent first step to a complicated problem. Read more More
San Francisco Restaurants Pushing for 25% Standard Tip Rate Working as a restaurant server is something everyone should be required to do at least once in their life. It’s tough work. Servers in San Francisco are proposing a law that would make it mandatory for customers to pay a 25% tip on every bill. Read more More
Nostril Bailout: Italian Officials Blames Stock Market Volatility on Trader Cocaine Abuse The Italian government has an idea for the reasons why stock markets have been so volatile: because traders abuse cocaine. At this point, it’s probably as good a reason as any other. Read more More
Exit en Masse: The Unintended Consequences of Alabama’s New Anti-Illegal Immigration Law Alabama recently passed a strict anti-illegal immigration law, which allows police to detain people indefinitely if they are suspected of being in the country illegally. After a week, things aren’t going as intended. Shocking. Read more More
Spent: Play the Oregon Trail of Poverty Games It’s a terribly unsympathetic and condescending attitude people have when they dismiss the plight of the poor by arguing the poor are lazy or make bad choices, and therefore deserve to be poor. A new game hopes to change those attitudes. Read more More