Five Things You Might Want To Know Friday, August 26th, 2011 Interactive News without the Shnooze In no particular order… 1. Fed chair has yet to share details about plan for boosting the economy: The chair of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, said that the Fed must take action to to respond to sudden changes [...]
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Today’s News: Steve Jobs, Hurricane Irene and more
Five Things You Might Want To Know Thursday, August 25th, 2011 Interactive News without the Shnooze In no particular order… 1. Steve Jobs resigns from Apple: It’s the end of an era at Apple. Steve Jobs has resigned from his post as CEO, effective immediately. Jobs has been fighting pancreatic cancer for the past several [...]
On Vacation!
Hello all, Like many of you, I am enjoying the last week of summer and am on vacation. While I was not planning to delay guest blogs because of it, I have decided to move our guest blogs to next week in order to give them the readers they deserve! If you don’t want any [...]
Today’s New: Earthquakes, school unions, Amy Winehouse and more
Five Things You Might Want To Know Wednesday, August 24th, 2011 Interactive News without the Shnooze In no particular order… 1. Earthquake shakes East Coast: Yesterday afternoon a 5.8 earthquake shook most of the East Coast, including NY and DC. The quake was also felt in parts of the Midwest and South. Major tourist attractions [...]
Today’s News: Hunstman, Bachmann, Women in the workplace, philosophy in therapy and more
Five Things You Might Want To Know Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011 Interactive News without the Shnooze In no particular order… 1. Jon Hunstman would run as Bachmann’s VP: In an interview with Piers Morgan, Hunstman said he was open to the idea of running as the VP for a Tea Party candidate. Do you think [...]
Ben Simon: The Praxis of World Peace
A few months ago, I asked an imam what he thought were humanity’s chances of achieving world peace in our lifetime. His reaction was one I receive all too often: he thought the human race would always be at war with itself. For bringing up the notion of world peace, I felt him place me [...]
Today’s News: Tripoli, environmental protests, and more
Five Things You Might Want To Know Monday, August 22nd, 2011 Interactive News without the Shnooze 1. Tripoli taken by rebel forces, Gaddafi’s days are numbered: Seven months after the beginning of the Arab Spring and five months after US military intervention in Libya, Libyan rebels have entered Libya and the fall of Gaddafi seems [...]
The 9/11 Generation: Send Us Your 9/11 Stories and Reactions
When 9/11 happened, I was eleven years old and had just started middle school. I remember after first period, the girl next to me was talking about planes flying into buildings. I thought she was talking about some new action movie or a video game. It never occurred to me she was talking about “real [...]
Detroit, Cleveland: They’re Full of Poop (Literally)
Oh my dear fellow midwesterners–I’ve got some bad news for you! A University of Colorado study found after “sampling the winter air of four midwestern cities” that Cleveland and Detroit’s air was full of bacteria colonies that most closely resembling that found in dog poop, The Denver Post reports. Once again, I literally sh*t you [...]
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Week in Review: August 15th-August 19th, 2011
Our second week running has come to a close, and we have made a lot of progress! Take the weekend to catch up on all that has gone on this week, share the blog with your friends if you haven’t already, vote in the poll, comment on the articles, and e-mail us at wtbfounder@gmail.com if [...]