You don't have to look much further than many of the posts on this discussion board to see how hatred for others fills their views. Or, there's the flip side like me who stops and helps people stranded on the roads, gives money to the poor and food banks, volunteers for habitat for humanity and other needy community projects, and is the type of person others always call when they need someone to rely on. Does the title of Christian make someone more worthy than someone living the ideals of "Christian behavior? Which is more important? " .

Married to the Mob

When Jacobs, who was always a favourite for sportswriters because of his quotable quotes and the colourful stories that he provided, died nine years later; most of the world press paid tribute to him with his most memorable three words. These words won't have sounded outlandish on Sunday when Aussie sportswriters scampered for words to explain the whacking of Ponting and Co at the WACA, only that they didn't fit the context. "We wuz had!" said Courier Mail in Australia. The wordplay,...

University of Michigan's Zell Lurie Institute Awards $85,000 to ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business today announced the recipients of the 2008 Eugene Applebaum Dare to Dream Grant Program and 2008 Michigan Business Challenge award. Grant recipients and award winners were presented with resources in the form of advice and counsel and funding totaling $85,000 for excellence in new business plans and concepts.

Bringing together entrepreneurial-minds from business, engineering, medicine and other departments at the University of Michigan, Dare to Dream and Michigan Business Challenge offer students the opportunity to develop and present their business plans, receive feedback from skilled entrepreneurs and faculty, and be rewarded with funding and support.

A Dose of Economics for Healthier Pharmaceutical Production

Efforts to increase the poor's access to medicines are nothing new. Buying products from quality manufacturers and urging these manufacturers to lower prices for the poorest markets have worked best; other policies have largely failed or are still on the drawing board. But the latest strategy--to encourage local pharmaceutical production--could also be entirely counterproductive. It could lower drug quality and increase incentives for protectionism, ultimately reducing access. Production of drugs in poorer countries can make sense, but it must be driven by entrepreneurs responsive to market incentives. Unsuccessful local businesses must be allowed to fail, not be propped up by aid groups that support local production without considering its long-term economic consequences. This would encourage better, more profitable businesses, which will be the engines of growth for poor nations.