— We were taking part in an oxymoron: the newfound capitalist success of the kibbutz hotel movement. Across the country, kibbutzim have increasingly encouraged visitors to be paying guests rather than volunteers Read the Full Story: In Israel, Kibbutz as Hotel

— With the economy soft and thousands of Philadelphians delinquent on their mortgages, Sheriff Green this spring refused to hold a court-ordered foreclosure auction. His move raised eyebrows on the bench and dropped jaws among lenders and their attorneys, w Read the Full Story: He's Taking Law Into His Own ...

— The purchase would give the state control of nearly half the 400,000 acres (161,876 hectares) of sugar fields in the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) below Lake Okeechobee, although sources said U.S. Sugar would lease back its land for six years.

— The federal government has placed a moratorium on new solar projects on public land until it studies their environmental impact, which is expected to take about two years. Read the Full Story: Citing Need for Assessments, U.S.

— Sometimes short-sighted government regulations give preference to bad technologies over good ones — stifling innovation and blinding us to our own ability to make progress. Read the Full Story: Power Plant Efficiency Hasn’t Improved Since 1957

— According to Time, the fact that the Bush administration has been even more spendthrift (on domestic spending as well as military) than the notorious Johnson administration, and has accumulated huge budget deficits, is evidence that Americans have too much freedom and too much money in their pockets.

— The likely outcome of Durban II will be to urge all U.N. member states to pass legislation restricting basic freedoms of speech and action -- all in the interest of preventing "Islamophobia." Read the Full Story: Sounds of Silence

— The California Department of Public Health contends the services violate medical-testing rules that require a physician's involvement and proof that tests produce a valid medical result. Read the Full Story: California Pushes Back on DNA Testing

— This is not a dark art, province of the select few, as many physicians would have it. This is data.

— To Europeans, identity and democracy are locked in a zero-sum struggle. Strong identities, especially religious or national identities, are seen as a threat to democratic life.

— To be more precise: the genetic alteration of bugs – very, very small ones – so that Read the Full Story: Scientists find bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol - Times Online

— Although the Italian mafia alone killed more people in Germany in a single year -- six people were murdered in Duisburg in 2007 (more...) -- than all the Islamists living here have ever done, no other purported threat has made so many people willing to fo Read the Full ...

— Crandall, who was president of American from 1980 to 1995 and chairman / CEO from 1985 to 1998, concedes free markets work for most businesses, but says airlines aren't like most businesses. Read the Full Story: The Case for Re-Regulating The Airline Industry

— In a Hindu country, cows are sacred animals; whatever causes harm to a cow must be stopped. So in Lucknow, a movement to ban plastic bags began.

— Tobacco taxes are widely popular, he argues: "[They] may be the only tax that most members of the general public are in favor of." Count politicians among its champions as well. Even in state legislatures stifled by partisan gridlock, lawmakers agree toba Read the Full Story: When Are Cigarette ...