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...world did you keep from gaining weight on your book jaunt? Portion control. If I went into a number of delis in a day, I would taste everything that was put in front of me, but I wouldn't finish it, because I didn't have enough room in me to finish it. And, you know, regular exercise, but nothing insane. I didn't go on a cleanse or a diet after, and maybe my cholesterol is 30,000 or whatever, but this is food I feel good eating as long as I don't eat too much...
...Outrage over Moir's column was instantaneous and - thanks to Twitter - widespread. More than 22,000 people protested to Britain's Press Complaints Commission (PCC), an independent body that investigates and rules on complaints about newspapers and magazines. (For reference, that's nearly the same number of protests that the PCC received about all stories over the past four or five years.) Complainants alleged that Moir breached Britain's press code because what she wrote was inaccurate, intruded into grief or shock and was discriminatory. British police say they have received complaints alleging that the column incited hatred against gays...
John Evans, director of wealth management at Truepoint Capital LLC, a wealth-advisory firm in Cincinnati, Ohio, says he's seen a 50% increase during the past six months in the number of clients nervously asking if they'll have enough cash for retirement and if they need to cut back spending or change their investment strategy. (Read "Why It's Time to Retire...
...same ash bin as other discredited parts of George W. Bush's war on terrorism, thanks to skepticism in the U.S. courts about their fairness and Obama's campaign promises to do away with them. But on May 15, Obama revived the idea of commissions for an uncertain number of detainees at the controversial prison, pledging to help Congress refashion tribunals into a "fair, legitimate and effective" forum to try alleged terrorists...
...stereotype is not far off. A disproportionate number of Italian men enter their 30s - and in some cases their 40s - still completely reliant on their mothers to do their cleaning, cook their meals, iron their clothes and keep a roof over their heads. According to a survey published last year in Psychology Today, a full 37% of men from the ages of 30 to 34 still live with their mothers in Italy. (See pictures of Italians in America...