Recovery on Shine

Online Dating: Where to Find Singles Who Drink and Smoke

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When searching for a partner, most people want someone with similar interests. When you fill out your

User post: Is America's recession really over?

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As Mark Twain once said, "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." To me, this nicely sums up recent economic figures that suggest America has escaped the clutches of another great depression and is on the way to a sustained recovery. Government reports say that GDP rose at an annualized rate of 3.5% in the third quarter compared with the second. This was the first increase since the second quarter of 2008. However, as GDP grew consumers grew more skeptical as indicated by a fall in the consumer confidence index. A poll in The Economist found that 35% of respondents think the economy is getting worse; just 28% think it is getting better. Unemployment is still rising, and even a White House adviser, Christina Romer, predicts it will remain “severely elevated” throughout next year.

Elizabeth Edwards comes to grips with her terminal cancer. And it's sad, realistic, and surprisingly empowering

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I am an admirer of Elizabeth Edwards. I've had the honor of meeting her on several occasions and I have found her to be amazingly articulate, informed, compassionate, and kind. It was my not-so-secret hope that she would run for president back when she was campaigning for her husband.

She's been through a lot, this cancer survivor and wife of a man who was outed for a scandalous affair that put a very public fissure in the middle of what seemed to be an ideal marriage and partnership.

Hasselhoff and Houston: Parenting gone bad?

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First came Whitney Houston’s interview with Oprah, where amid details of spitting and hitting and love/addiction came this particularly devastating blow:

Not a good sign: Warren Buffett isn't pleased

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Uh oh. Warren Buffett is not particularly pleased. With all the cautiously positive economic news--because upbeat is too strong a word when unemployment inches close to 10…