In a clash with teacher unions, New York City Mayor Bloomberg has announced that student test scores will factor into whether teachers received tenured status or not.  Wow, I can sense the uproar and debate all the way out here on the West coast! What do you think of this policy? ...

GlobalPost has published a listing of the world's fattest countries based on WHO data. Unfortunately, number one on the list, American Samoa, isn't a country at all but a territory of the United States. Nonetheless, their incredible 99.5% obesity rate is worth noting. Following American Samoa, the...

GlobalPost has published a listing of the world's fattest countries based on WHO data. Unfortunately, number one on the list, American Samoa, isn't a country at all but a territory of the United States. Nonetheless, their incredible 99.5% obesity rate is worth noting. Following American Samoa, the...