If we are not even free anymore to decide something as basic as what we wish to eat or drink, how much freedom do we really have left?
One to 2 percent of the population becomes addicted gamblers
Gambling interests hire lots of economists to do impact studies, but what you need is cost-benefit analysis, and you'll never see the industry finance those
The social costs, and the increased tax costs due to addicted gamblers, stay behind
The casinos are walking out of states with at least $1 billion in their pockets to Las Vegas
It is not economic development; it's about taking money out of the consumer economy and shipping it off to Las Vegas
Therefore 5,000 new video gambling machines costs the economy 5,000 lost jobs each year
I write for what's left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head
Here's a viewer's guide to BP media briefings. Whenever you hear someone with a British accent talking about this on behalf of British Petroleum they are not telling you the truth. That's the bottom-line.
John McCain was a prisoner of war.
I think the interview form works best on the radio. There are a lot of personality traits conveyed in a person's voice, the rhythm of their speech or how confident they sound.