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Your Way on the Highway

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 01:51:11 +0300

If you're traveling this summer – you have my sympathies! Ticket prices are way up, thanks to record high fuel costs. And what do you get for your money? A nasty attitude from the flight staff. You're

Getting the Red Out

Fri, 23 May 2008 01:46:40 +0300

Look at your family photo album. Doesn't everyone look tired – or drunk? Just look at how bloodshot everyone's eyes are! At second glance, maybe the eyes aren't bloodshot – but just red, as in red-ey

We Are One

Fri, 9 May 2008 16:31:08 +0300

It's been a heavy couple of weeks on the Jewish calendar – Passover, Yom Hashoa, Israel's Memorial Day, and of course the 60th Independence Day celebration (we're not going to forget that one anytime

Honesty as a Policy

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:20:23 +0300

Okay, so maybe Israelis haven't quite gotten down the concept of “line” as we Westerners understand it, and maybe they speak at a decibel level far above what the human ear can tolerate – at a mile (s

Comparison Shopping

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:15:35 +0300

Feeling a little thinner lately – even if you haven't been trying to diet? It's most likely that space in your wallet where the money used to be! Usually, companies jack up the prices of things gradu

Gift of the Blab

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:10:23 +0300

Digg it. Blog it. Youtube it. If you're the type that has to know what's going on today, right now, this minute – you have a problem. Just how are you supposed to keep up with what's going on? Of cou

The Hanging Chad Problem

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:03:42 +0200

Today's beef: Printing, and the apparent collusion between Web sites and e-mail programs to make you waste paper and ink. How many times have you printed out an article on your favorite Web site (Jpos

In Time of Need

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:58:01 +0200

It may be February, but summer will be here soon enough. And you know what that means: Vacation time! And while most folks will try to get away for awhile to locations near or far, there are always go

A Book of Your Own

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:51:15 +0200

In the writing game, there is a definite hierarchy – like a caste system, with some writers snobbishly looking down on others because they “just” write in newspapers, for example, instead of having th

Super Duper Sunday

Fri, 1 Feb 2008 13:42:54 +0200

No matter who wins or loses the Super Bowl (Go Giants!), you know you could have done a better job running the team. But you're wrong – I, not you, am the one who should be in charge! Brits, Aussies