NEW YORK — The stock market suffered its worst loss of the year Tuesday because of uncertainty about coming corporate earnings reports and concerns that the borrowing costs of Spain are creeping close to a crisis level.
While in Columbus last week President Obama suggested that those who oppose alternative energy sources might be considered members of the “flat earth society,” much like people who opposed exploration by the likes of Christopher Columbus. In this instance, according to the president, those who cling to fossil fuels and ignore alternative energy sources are much like ostriches, plunging their heads into the ground and failing to understand the need for change in any active, growing and healthy economy.
NEW YORK — Dressed as protesters, complete with toy megaphone, Mitch Robinson and his wife unrolled a sleeping bag and “occupied” their friends’ Halloween party. Unlike the real-life Occupy Wall Street demonstrators, they had a detailed, numbered list of demands for their hosts.
Even at a young age, Anisa Hardin enjoyed jotting down stories and drawings onto the cardboard books and journals her parents would buy her. Originally interested in art, when the Olentangy High School junior found out that artists study skeletons to better understand the human form, she squeamishly asked her mother, Edie Hardin, what other creative outlets she could pursue. Anisa’s interest in writing was born out of that conversation.
NEW YORK — Messages of good health and positive self-esteem for girls aren’t hard to come by in kid lit, so what’s the deal with all the attention for a not-yet-published rhyming picture book about an obese, unhappy 14-year-old named Maggie? The title, for starters: Maggie Goes on a Diet.