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New York Mayor Bloomberg Uses Immigrant Advocacy in Re-Election Bid

Stewart Rabinowitz of the Dallas-based law firm Rabinowitz and Rabinowitz praises Mayor Bloomberg’s plan Immigrants: The Lifeblood of New York City. READ»

Tips for Buying Illinois Health Insurance

Shopping for health insurance is a bit like anticipating a root canal.READ»

Interesting Cultural Differences

I live in an area of Virginia that has a high population of recent immigrants, especially Hispanics. Today, during a program at a local women's group meeting the speaker discussed cultural differences and how to better communicate ...READ»

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Game Changer: iPhone Apps That Work on the Zune HD

Microsoft may be building a self-branded smartphone to combat the iPhone. But with over 60,000 apps, Apple's behemoth App Store might be too big to beat. What if a Zune (or a Zune-phone) could run iPhone apps? That's the potential ...READ»

Customer Service Revenge

This one's a must-read for anyone who's ever been put on hold for two hours, had to navigate through twenty levels of computerized responses, or had to repeat something a dozen times because their customer service rep didn't speak ...READ»

Have You Googled Today?

It's been in the public lexicon for some time, but Oxford English Dictionary has finally included the word "google" as a verb. The word was included as part of OED's latest updates. Will the company behind the word appreciate ...READ»

Open to Debate

On Thursday night we'll get treated to some of the finest political oratory this land has to offer when John Kerry, tall and tan, dull and drab, squares off for the first time against George W. Bush, whose license to use the English ...READ»

From Villain to Victim

Richard Scrushy's ability to convince jurors that he was ignorant of the inner workings of his organization got me thinking about the nature of traditional corporate hierarchies and the general public's understanding of them. Does ...READ»

Gone Plogging

A new book is published every 30 seconds, so the hopeful author has to invent marketing wheezes at a similar rate if she is to remain visible for more than a few seconds. The hard part these days is to plug (= English for promote) ...READ»

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Between the Lines

The stories behind this issue's stories.READ»