At least our politicians don’t get parking tickets

Canada came in at 15th place in the 2006 Gallup Worldwide Corruption Index, its image damaged by the Liberal Party sponsorship scandal.
There is a bright light though… our politicians (or their drivers) obey traffic signs.
Raymond Fisman, The Meyer Feldberg Associate Professor of Business at Columbia University, does work on corruption, financial markets [...]

Paris Hilton inspires disposible phone numbers

Here’s My Number (for Today)
By ANNA JANE GROSSMAN
Published: November 30, 2006
 
Some people have found a way to avoid compromising the sanctity of their cellphone without committing the modern sin of being unreachable. Instead of giving out her cell number, Ms. McClain has recently been dispersing what has become known as a “social phone number.”
This [...]