Diary
The Wall Street Journal takes you behind the scenes how the deal to avert the cliff fell apart. The will not be a quiet holiday season.How ‘Cliff’ Talks Hit the Wall
Diary, Astute Observations
The novelist SILAS HOUSE tells us how he goes about his craft. In the process he reminds us how to make every day special.Making Every Day Special
Movies, Drama
With the drama of the last election still fresh in our memories, it is a welcome adventure to journey back into year 1865 and see the political machinery of the US in action. The movie chronicles a short period in the life of Lincoln between winning re-lection and getting assassinated. It documents in great detail the drama of how Lincoln won the passage of the 13th amendment to the constitution, banning slavery for all time, while the Civil War is still ranging on.Lincoln
Humor, Situations
As western countries have been becoming richer, families have chosen to have fewer and fewer children. The reason a lot of people have cited is: “It is so expensive to have children now.” This complaint has become a lot more valid when Apple cooked up the iPod, iPhone and now iPad.Big Families have become even more expensive
