Pete Rouse « Getting at the truth

Obama fiddles while America burns

Obama’s 50th birthday celebration started with dinner in the Rose Garden, accompanied by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band and ended with dancing in the White House East Room. [...]

U.S. college debt, student loans, at nearly $1 trillion, is larger than housing or credit card debt.

In 2010, the US-based Centre For Work Life-Policy found that 15% of women, even at executive level or above, admitted to sleeping with their boss.

In addition, 37% of workers surveyed felt that women who had slept with their bosses improved their career chances by doing so.

US healthcare worst, and most expensive.

The U.S. is a worse place for newborns than 68 other countries, including Egypt, Turkey and Peru, according to a report released on May 6, 2013 by Save the Children.

Canadians live three years longer and are healthier than Americans, and the lack of universal health care in the United States may be a factor, researchers say.