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The Treasury Department has just executed one of the few maneuvers possible to make the housing problem worse than it is: a preannouncement of possible subsidized rates for new mortgages to take effect sometimes in the future. (story here in the Wall Street Journal which just reports the plan and doesn't predict the consequences). ....

If you search for the "Purpose of Books" you will find dozens of websites repeating (with small variations) a quotation from Christopher Morley stating that the real purpose of books is to trap (or perhaps to inspire) the mind into doing its own thinking.

But I still want to quibble with the way this "Bad-Dads-Don't-Read" agenda is being presented, because it is confusing about the true purpose of bedtime reading. If the purpose of (bedtime) reading is defined solely in terms of the educational benefit to children, this is not sufficient reason why it has to be the father who does the reading.

Dads 'don't read bedtime stories' according to a headline on the BBC News website, citing some research which suggested that "less than half of fathers regularly read bedtime stories to their children" [BBC News 10 April 2008].

When we understand the complex loops that maintain the status quo, we are better equipped to make positive changes in organizations and society.

What's the purpose of negative tactics? There are two possible effects that negative campaigners might be aiming at. One is to reduce the approval ratings of your opponent, and the other is to discourage people from voting at all. At least in this election, neither of these effects have materialized. Negative tactics were used on both sides, and yet ....

If you look far enough into the future the worth of life is nothing at all (at least when discounted according to NPV rules) .... hence the Bush Cheney Policy decisions? A must read ... the Purpose of this administration is to ensure this was the great

A new report reveals that children today struggle with questions they could have answered 30 years ago, says Sian Griffiths For a decade we’ve been told that our kids, just as they seem to be getting taller with each generation, are also getting brighte

So here it is. In Western civilisation, everything that we do is effectively under the control of Government. Our entire infrastructure is geared towards a top-down hierarchy that maintains a stable system of population "herding".

ouse of Lords rejects the ID Cards Bill The House of Lords today inflicted a further defeat on the government, this time over the Identity Cards Bill. The vote, which was lost by 81 votes (237 – 156), centred on the controversial costings for the propos

If you ever claimed to Congressional oversight to be controlling to attain an end goal, then corporate scandal would automatically become your purpose (POSIWID), with or without your consent. OSHA, for example, disclaims right in the preamble of its thick