This has always been a much more complex issue than the press (and certain politicians) made it out to be. I really think this is just how things are going to be going forward ... more of a global interplay rather than American companies dominating the marketplace.

Quoted: States are wooing anyone with hiring plans — even if that means going to the same bunch that have been responsible for hundreds of thousands of jobs going overseas.

Hm, interesting...

Quoted: The digital network that includes msnbc.com on Tuesday announced the acquisition of the BreakingNews.com Web address, with the aim of creating a Web site to complement its @BreakingNews alert service on Twitter.

Really interesting piece ... raises a lot of good points about some inherent weaknesses in NY's economy right now.

Quoted: 'If New York City is a business, it isn't Wal-Mart,' Mayor Bloomberg once sneered. Maybe it should be.

This quote is really insightful: "Being single is all about the future, about the person you’re going to meet at Starbucks or after answering the next scientific compatibility questionnaire. Being married, after a certain point, is about the past, about a steadily growing history of moments that provide a confidence of comfort, an asset that compounds over time."

Quoted: Recently one of my wife’s college students kept pressing us, with baffled curiosity, for our secret, as if there had to be some trick to it, like wearing each other’s clothes on Tuesdays.

Ha, I love looking back and seeing what predictions were made for how life would be "in the future."

Quoted: It's almost 2010. Do you live on the moon? Is a robot shoveling your snow?

Happy new year! Celebrate safely...

Quoted: Jan. 1 is the deadliest day of the year for pedestrians in the U.S., consistently averaging the highest number of walkers involved in motor vehicle crashes and a greater proportion of victims who are legally intoxicated.

The more I read, the more I believe that our overuse of antibiotics has caused us so many health problems in the long run...

Quoted: Norway's public health system fought back with an aggressive program that made it the most infection-free country in the world. A key part of that program was cutting back severely on the use of antibiotics.

Whoa, this is pretty crazy!

Quoted: In our absurdly terrorism-fearing World, and after Christmas's near tragedy, it was inevitable: Full-body scanning tech will be coming to an airport near (or not so near) you. But what are these machines, and will they invade your privacy?

Dude, The Baby-Sitters Club books were hands down my favorite thing to read when I was a kid. I'm totally going to read this prequel!

Quoted: Scholastic Inc. plans to reissue repackaged versions of the first two volumes of “The Baby-Sitters Club,” in the hopes of igniting enthusiasm in a new generation of readers.