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Criminal law is a pretty fascinating field as I am quickly learning. See what you can make of this scenario: Joe Smith buys a box of top quality expensive cigars worth 10,000 dollars US. In order to protect his new "investment" he buys a standard insurance policy for his new property, which...

I thought this was pretty interesting, says a lot about the human mind. Give it a try: "I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtsy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the...

There was a discussion earlier about how tasteless a lot of modern Japanese architecture is. I got a real laugh about this article on the tastelessness of modern dictator's palaces. My favorite quote is a guy describing the interior of Ike Turner's mansion: "I didn't know you could spend a...

UN secretary General Kofi Annan caused quite a stir recently when he stated in an interview that he believed the Iraq invasion was illegal. Leaders of countries who contributed troops to Iraq, including Japan, were quick to reassure their publics that their actions were legal, but were they...

Has anybody else been following this story? The US military bombed a wedding party in Western Iraq near the Syrian border, killing 45 people, mostly women and children (26 of them being members of the same family). The Americans claim they were targeting a safe house for smuggling foreign...