Romania has a new and complicated voting system, but it seems to work just dandy for at least one candidate.
A candidate in Romania’s general election has won a seat in parliament with only 34 votes.
Jozsef Koto, of Romania’s ethnic Hungarian union, UDMR, was awarded the seat in the lower chamber after running in a constituency [...]

Cries of outrage have erupted in South Korea as tens of thousands call for the impeachment of a judge who issued suspended sentences to four men found guilty of incest.  The four repeatedly raped during a period of several years a developmentally handicapped teenage girl.
Tens of thousands of angry Internet users signed an online petition [...]

“How to destroy an asteroid—safely” — Science Daily, 4 December 2008

That would be “House” as in Gregory House M.D. (at right), the cynical, obnoxious, and arrogant lead character of the mega-hit TV show. Apparently, there are too many real doctors like him out there.
Hospital staff surveys indicate that low morale and staff turnover are sometimes attributable to abusive behaviour by doctors.
Recent studies suggest that [...]

Historian Michael Bliss has penned another incisive column on the dangers of the Liberal-NDP-Bloc coalition.
The Bloc is not a political party like the others. Even though Conservatives, Liberals and New Democrats may fight like cats, we understand that all these MPs are trying, whatever their delusions and ambitions, to serve the interests of Canada. The [...]

The Liberal-NDP-Bloc coalition claims that, if it is not allowed to seize power, Canada’s economy is doomed.  After reading the coalition’s economic plan, McGill economics professor William Watson can’t believe it.
It’s all about … marketing boards?
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[W]e’re asked to believe it’s not about the political subsidies, it’s about the stimulus package, or lack of one. Here [...]